Is attrition of advanced trauma life support acquired skills affected by trauma patient volume?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 142-145

  Ali, Jameel ^a,b   Howard, Mary ^a   Williams, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced trauma life support; ATLS; ATLS education; Skills attrition: Objective structured clinical examinations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036131248     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00862-5     Document Type: Article

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