The Use of Simulation in Emergency Medicine: A Research Agenda

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-363

  Bond, William F ^a   Lammers, Richard L ^a   Spillane, Linda L ^a   Smith Coggins, Rebecca ^a   Fernandez, Rosemarie ^a   Reznek, Martin A ^a   Vozenilek, John A ^a   Gordon, James A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; research agenda; simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVALUATION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SIMULATION; TEAMWORK; TRAINING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33947501969     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.11.021     Document Type: Article

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