Advanced medical simulation applications for emergency medicine microsystems evaluation and training

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1058-1070

  Kobayashi, Leo ^a   Overly, Frank L ^a   Fairbanks, Rollin J ^b   Patterson, Mary ^c   Kaji, Amy H ^d   Bruno, Eric C ^e   Kirchhoff, Michael A ^f   Strother, Christopher G ^g   Sucov, Andrew ^a,h   Wears, Robert L ^i,j  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Health care evaluation mechanisms; Health services research; Simulation; Systems analysis; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS;

EID: 56849093755     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00247.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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