Ambulance clinical placements - A pilot study of students' experience

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Boyle, Malcolm J ^a   Williams, Brett ^a   Cooper, Jennifer ^a   Adams, Bridget ^a   Alford, Kassie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PILOT STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULANCES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VICTORIA;

EID: 42549122613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-19     Document Type: Article

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