The training environment of junior anaesthetic registrars learning epidural labour analgesia in Australian teaching hospitals

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-45

  Watterson, L M ^a   Hyde, S ^b   Bajenov, S ^a   Kennedy, S E ^c  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; Education; Epidural labour analgesia; Training; Workplace stress

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 33847361962     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500133     Document Type: Article

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