Do factors other than trauma volume affect attrition of atls-acquired skills?

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 835-841

  Ali, Jameel ^a   Howard, Mary ^b   Williams, J Ivan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Toronto Rehabilitation Institute ^*  (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS); ATLS education; Skills attrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; SURGERY; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037665039     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000057233.97051.81     Document Type: Article

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