An exploratory study of factors influencing resuscitation skills retention and performance among health providers

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-133

  Curran, Vernon ^a   Fleet, Lisa ^a   Greene, Melanie ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Continuing professional education; Deterioration; Education methods; Patient safety; Resuscitation skills; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RESUSCITATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84862901786     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.21135     Document Type: Article

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