Teaching intravenous cannulation to medical students: Comparative analysis of two simulators and two traditional educational approaches

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 111, Issue , 2005, Pages 57-63

  Bowyer, Mark W ^a   Pimentel, Elisabeth A ^a   Fellows, Jennifer B ^a   Scofield, Ryan L ^a   Ackerman, Vincent L ^a   Horne, Patrick E ^a   Liu, Alan V ^a   Schwartz, Gerald R ^a   Scerbo, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIMULATORS; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL APPROACH; FOUR-GROUP; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; MEDICAL STUDENTS; METHODS OF TEACHINGS; THIRD-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATOR;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY;

CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 23844482937     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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