Evaluation of a combat medic skills validation test

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 843-851

  Hemman, Eileen Ann ^a   Gillingham, David ^b   Allison, Nancy ^c   Adams, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b US Army Soldier Wellness/Family Medicine Building 9925 ^*  (United States)

^c Geneva Foundation   (United States)

^d Medical Simulation Training Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; COMBAT MEDIC SKILLS VALIDATION TEST; COMPETENCE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TUBE; VALIDITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLDIER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34547943702     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.8.843     Document Type: Article

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