Performance of certified registered nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists in a simulation-based skills assessment

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 255-262

  Henrichs, Bernadette M ^a,c   Avidan, Michael S ^a   Murray, Dave J ^a   Boulet, John R ^b   Kras, Joe ^a   Krause, Beverley ^a   Snider, Rebecca ^a   Evers, Alex S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Campus Box 8054 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NURSE ANESTHETIST; NURSING COMPETENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MANPOWER; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 58749091107     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31818e3d58     Document Type: Article

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