Editorial 2007

Level of practice for ECG interpretation skills should be 'expert'

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia
Journal · Vol. 19 · Issue 2 · pp. 81-85
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clinical competence human medical education Humans Internship and Residency Educational Measurement diagnostic error Education, Medical, Graduate confidence interval emergency medicine diagnostic accuracy medical practice Editorial electrocardiography priority journal emergency physician acute heart infarction electrocardiogram Fisher exact test heart arrhythmia heart left ventricle aneurysm heart right bundle branch block heart ventricle fibrillation heart ventricle tachycardia pericarditis sinus bradycardia
Author Affiliations
Department of Emergency Medicine, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Northern Clinic, Auckland, New Zealand, University of Auckland, Auckland, AUK, New Zealand, Auckland Regional Resident Medical Officer Services, Auckland, New Zealand
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