Can simulation replace part of clinical time? Two parallel randomised controlled trials

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 657-667

  Watson, Kathryn ^a   Wright, Anthony ^b   Morris, Norman ^c   Mcmeeken, Joan ^d   Rivett, Darren ^e   Blackstock, Felicity ^f   Jones, Anne ^g   Haines, Terry ^h   O'Connor, Vivienne ^a   Watson, Geoffrey ^a   Peterson, Raymond ⁱ   Jull, Gwendolen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; TEACHING; TIME;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862248144     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04295.x     Document Type: Article

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