Three scenarios to teach difficult discussions in pediatric emergency medicine: Sudden infant death, child abuse with domestic violence, and medication error

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-130

  Overly, Frank L ^c   Sudikoff, Stephanie N ^a,b   Duffy, Susan ^a,b   Anderson, Angela ^a,b   Kobayashi, Leo ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult discussions; Medical education; Pediatric emergency medicine; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION ERROR; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TEACHING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MASS SCREENING;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; MEDICATION ERRORS; PEDIATRICS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 67649399246     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e318196f84d     Document Type: Article

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