Developing Competency in Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound-Means Are As Important As the End

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Venu Amula. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;21(12):1098-1099.

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002491.

¹ Division of Pediatric Critical Care Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT.

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A Novel Tool for Teaching Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound: An Exploratory Application of the Design-Based Research Approach.
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