A prospective comparison between written examination and either simulation-based or oral viva examination of intensive care trainees' procedural skills

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 876-882

  Nunnink, L ^a   Venkatesh, B ^a   Krishnan, A ^a   Vidhani, K ^a   Udy, A ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Examination; Intensive care medicine; Oral viva; Simulation; Written

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SIMULATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; WORKPLACE; WRITING; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SPECIALIZATION; TEACHING;

AUSTRALASIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 77956469340     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800511     Document Type: Article

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