Decay in blood loss estimation skills after web-based didactic training

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-21

  Toledo, Paloma ^a,b   Eosakul, Stanley T ^a   Goetz, Kristopher ^c   Wong, Cynthia A ^a   Grobman, William A ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Healthcare Studies   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Estimated blood loss; Postpartum hemorrhage; Skill decay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERNET; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEACHING;

EID: 84858704049     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e318230604f     Document Type: Article

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