Written evaluation is not a predictor for skills performance in an Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support course

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-456

  Rodgers, David L ^a   Bhanji, Farhan ^b   McKee, Barbara R ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support; Education; Evaluation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; SKILL;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; TEACHING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77649341349     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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