Ability of Physicians to Diagnose and Manage Illness Due to Category A Bioterrorism Agents
Author(s) -
Sara E. Cosgrove,
Trish M. Perl,
Xiaoyan Song,
Stephen D. Sisson
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.17.2002
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , smallpox , plague (disease) , medical diagnosis , family medicine , botulism , medical emergency , emergency medicine , vaccination , psychiatry , pathology , genetics , biology
Early recognition of a terrorist attack with biologic agents will rely on physician diagnosis. Physicians' ability to diagnose and care for patients presenting after a bioterror event is unknown. The role of online case-based didactics to measure and improve knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of these patients is unknown.
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