The use of "war games" to enhance high-risk clinical decision-making in students and residents

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 843-849

  Hedrick, Traci L ^a   Young, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Decision making; Medical errors; Simulation; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; GAME; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ERRORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 44349194856     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.06.032     Document Type: Article

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