Using Unannounced Standardized Patients to Assess Residents' Competency in Asthma Severity Classification

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-142

  Ozuah, Philip O ^a   Reznik, Marina ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma severity classification; educational intervention; resident competency; unannounced standardized patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PEDIATRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40749135746     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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