Teaching focused echocardiography for rheumatic heart disease screening

Teaching focused echocardiography for rheumatic heart disease screening

Screening for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) requires workers skilled in echocardiography, which typically involves prolonged, specialized training. Task shifting echocardiographic screening to nonexpert health workers may be a solution in settings with limited human resources. An 8-week training pro...

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Main Authors: Daniel Engelman, Joseph H Kado, Bo Reményi, Samantha M Colquhoun, Caroline Watson, Sera C Rayasidamu, Andrew C Steer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Subjects:
Echocardiography
education
mass screening
rheumatic heart disease
task shifting
Online Access:http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2015;volume=8;issue=2;spage=118;epage=121;aulast=Engelman

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