Early trauma management skills in Australian general practitioners

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 894-897

  Lopez, Derrick G ^a,c   Hamdorf, Jeffrey M ^a   Ward, Alison M ^b   Emery, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Aboriginal and Rural Health Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; Family physician; Questionnaire; Traumatology education; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNULATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; TRACHEOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; TRAUMATOLOGY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749151002     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03901.x     Document Type: Article

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