Clinical impact of epidural anesthesia simulation on short-and long-term learning curve high-versus low-fidelity model training

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-232

  Friedman, Zeev ^a   Siddiqui, Naveed ^a   Katznelson, Rita ^b   Devito, Isabella ^a   Bould, Matthew D ^c   Naik, Viren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HIGH FIDELITY EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW FIDELITY EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SIMULATION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTOR SKILLS; PATIENT SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 70349238857     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181a34345     Document Type: Article

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