A virtual reality simulation curriculum for intravenous cannulation training

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1142-1145

  Loukas, Constantinos ^a   Nikiteas, Nikolaos ^a   Kanakis, Meletios ^a   Moutsatsos, Argyris ^a   Leandros, Emmanuel ^a   Georgiou, Evangelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

intravenous cannulation; learning curve; training curriculum; virtual reality simulator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CURRICULUM; EXPERIENCE; FRIEDMAN TEST; GRADUATE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649454747     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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