Trials of labour: Can simulation make a difference to obstetric anaesthetic training?

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 289-296

  Smith, Tom Scott ^a   Johannsson, Helgi E ^a   Sadler, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical education; Medical errors; Obstetric anaesthesia; Patient safety; Patient simulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR;

EID: 33644701991     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cacc.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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