Telesimulation: An innovative and effective tool for teaching novel intraosseous insertion techniques in developing countries

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-427

  Mikrogianakis, Angelo ^a,b   Kam, April ^c,d   Silver, Shawna ^c,d   Bakanisi, Balisi ^e   Henao, Oscar ^f   Okrainec, Allan ^f,g   Azzie, Georges ^c,d  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; HUMAN; INFUSION SYSTEM; INTERNET; INTRAOSSEOUS INSERTION TECHNIQUE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELESIMULATION;

BOTSWANA; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAOSSEOUS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE; WEBCASTS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79954571313     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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