CPR in medical schools: Learning by teaching BLS to sudden cardiac death survivors - A promising strategy for medical students?

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Robak, Oliver ^a   Kulnig, Johannes ^a   Sterz, Fritz ^a   Uray, Thomas ^a   Haugk, Moritz ^a   Kliegel, Andreas ^a   Holzer, Michael ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a   Domanovits, Hans ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DATA BASE; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROCLIMATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SKILL; STAFF TRAINING; SUDDEN DEATH; TEACHING; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVIVORS; TEACHING;

EID: 33745130758     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-6-27     Document Type: Article

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