Stroke training of prehospital providers: An example of simulation-enhanced blended learning and evaluation

Medical Teacher

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-121

  Gordon, David Lee ^a   Issenberg, S Barry ^a   Gordon, Michael S ^a   Lacombe, David ^b   McGaghie, William C ^c   Petrusa, Emil R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b National EMS Academy in Lafayette Louisiana   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19144368698     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590400029756     Document Type: Article

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