Focus clinical ultrasonography: again competency differs from the patient outcome

Luigi Vetrugno^{1

2}, Marco Ventin³, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Emergency, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, Italy.
³ Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. mventin@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, Gabriele d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.

Luigi Vetrugno et al. Ultrasound J. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 9;14(1):8.

doi: 10.1186/s13089-022-00258-6.

Luigi Vetrugno^{1

2}, Marco Ventin³, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore^{2

4}

¹ Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Emergency, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, Italy.
³ Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. mventin@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, Gabriele d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Clinical ultrasound; Education; Internal medicine; Patient outcome; Proficiency.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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