Technical and non-technical skills can be reliably assessed during paramedic simulation training

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Von Wyl, T ^a   Zuercher, M ^a   Amsler, F ^b   Walter, B ^c   Ummenhofer, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Amsler Consulting   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SKILL; TRAINING;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 57649183647     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01797.x     Document Type: Article

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