Learning fibreoptic intubation with a virtual computer program transfers to 'hands on' improvement

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-35

  Boet, Sylvain ^a   Bould, M Dylan ^b   Schaeffer, Roland ^a   Fischhof, Simon ^a   Stojeba, Nathalie ^a   Naik, Viren N ^c   Diemunsch, Pierre ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway management; Medical education; Patient simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPACT DISK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SKILL; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; FIBER OPTICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TEACHING;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOFTWARE; TEACHING;

EID: 77449100841     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283312725     Document Type: Article

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