Paediatric resuscitation training - Do medical students believe it should be a mandatory component of the curriculum?

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 584-587

  Bhanji, Farhan ^a   Gottesman, Ronald ^a   de Grave, Willem ^b   Steinert, Yvonne ^a   Winer, Laura ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Medical student; Paediatric resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955122041     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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