Emergency Medicine Resident Interpretation of Pediatric Radiographs

• Published in: Academic emergency medicine Vol. 3; no. 8; pp. 790 - 793
• Main Authors: Brunswick, J. Eric, Ilkhanipour, Kaveh, Fuchs, Susan, Seaberg, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.1996
• Subjects: Clinical Competence; Emergency Service, Hospital - standards; Hospitals, Pediatric - standards; Hospitals, Teaching - standards; Humans; Internship and Residency - standards; pediatric; Pennsylvania; Prospective Studies; quality improvement; radiographic interpretation; radiographs; Radiology - standards; resident education; Pennsylvania

ABSTRACT Objective: To examine the concordance of pediatric radiograph interpretation between emergency medicine residents (EMRs) and radiologists. Methods: A prospective, observational study was performed in a university pediatric ED with an annual census of 60,000 visits. Radiographs ordered by EM...