The effect of additional teaching on medical students' drug administration skills in a simulated emergency scenario

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1155-1160

  Degnan, B A ^a   Murray, L J ^b   Dunling, C P ^b   Whittlestone, K D ^a,c   Standley, T D A ^a   Gupta, A K ^b   Wheeler, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; PENICILLIN G;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL INCIDENTS METHOD; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FALLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICATION ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKILL; SUTURING METHOD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEACHING; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 33750681975     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04869.x     Document Type: Article

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