Role of simulation in US physician licensure and certification

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-153

  Levine, Adam I ^a   Schwartz, Andrew D ^a   Bryson, Ethan O ^a   Demaria, Samuel ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

certification; core competencies; licensure; simulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVALUATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SIMULATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; RADIOLOGY; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGERY; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LICENSURE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855800475     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.21291     Document Type: Article

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