Full scale computer simulators in anesthesia training and evaluation

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 455-464

  Wong, Anne K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TEACHING; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2342650077     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018308     Document Type: Review

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