Using simulation to teach and study healthcare handoffs

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 191-192

  Cooper, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MASSACHUSETTS; MEMORY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SIMULATION; TEACHING;

EID: 77955570846     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e3181eab91c     Document Type: Editorial

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