Using the literature to quantify the learning curve: A case study

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-260

  Cook, Jonathan A ^a   Ramsay, Craig R ^a   Fayers, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Learning; Literature review; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH CARE; METADATA; RISK ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; LEARNING CURVE; LITERATURE REVIEW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMBASE; FIBER OPTICS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; SCISEARCH;

FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LEARNING; NORWAY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;

EID: 34247376561     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462307070341     Document Type: Article

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