Determinants of learning ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus blockade

Clinical Teacher

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 236-240

  O'Sullivan, Owen ^a   Shorten, George D ^a   Aboulafia, Annette ^b  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; NERVE BLOCK; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 81355133833     PISSN: 17434971     EISSN: 1743498X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2011.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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