Determinants of learning to perform spinal anaesthesia: A pilot study

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1026-1031

  Kulcsar, Z ^a   Aboulafia, A ^b   Hall, T ^c   Shorten, G D ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Education and training; Spinal anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; LEARNING; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STRESS; TEACHING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRELAND; LEARNING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 55749098128     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508004535     Document Type: Article

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