Medical malpractice: Utilization of layered simulation for resident education

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1175-1180

  Schlicher, Nathaniel Ryan ^a   Ten Eyck, Raymond P ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate education; Legal liability; Legislation and jurisprudence; Malpractice; Medical errors; Patient simulation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SIMULATION; TEACHING;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SIMULATION;

EID: 56849101674     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00165.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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