Impact of an educational intervention on residents' knowledge of pediatric disaster medicine

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 447-451

  Cicero, Mark X ^a,c   Blake, Eileen ^b   Gallant, Noelle ^b   Chen, Lei ^a   Esposito, Lauren ^b   Guerrero, Magdelena ^a   Baum, Carl R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disasters; Educational intervention; Residency education training; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISASTER MEDICINE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STUDENT T TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAINING; VICTIM;

EID: 68849085524     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181ab78af     Document Type: Article

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