Complex procedural skills are retained for a minimum of 1 yr after a single high-fidelity simulation training session

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-539

  Boet, S ^a   Borges, B C R ^a   Naik, V N ^b   Siu, L W ^a   Riem, N ^a   Chandra, D ^a   Bould, M D ^c   Joo, H S ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway management; patient simulation; retention

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANNOT INTUBATE CANNOT VENTILATE; CHECKLIST; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HIGH FIDELITY SIMULATION TRAINING; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TEACHING; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 80052616596     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer160     Document Type: Article

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