E-learning in resuscitation training - students say they like it, but is there evidence that it works?

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 790-791

  Finn, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; E-LEARNING; EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77953705649     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.05.010     Document Type: Editorial

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