Evaluation of the educational effectiveness of a virtual reality intravenous insertion simulator

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1319-1325

  Reznek, Martin A ^a   Rawn, Chantal L ^b   Krummel, Thomas M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Intravenous catheterization; Simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0036843514     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.11.1319     Document Type: Article

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