Point-of-care ultrasonography as a training milestone for internal medicine residents: the time is now.

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Published in J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect on October 26, 2016

Authors

Bruce F Sabath1, Gurkeerat Singh2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA; bruce.sabath@gmail.combsabath@gbmc.org.
2: Department of Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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