Improving the Efficiency of advanced life support training: A randomized, controlled trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-28

  Perkins, Gavin D ^a,b   Kimani, Peter K ^b   Bullock, Ian ^c   Clutton Brock, Tom ^d   Davies, Robin P ^a   Gale, Mike ^e   Lam, Jenny ^f   Lockey, Andrew ^g   Stallard, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

^f RESUSCITATION COUNCIL UK   (United Kingdom)

^g CALDERDALE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ELECTRONIC LEARNING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL;

EID: 84863651293     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-1-201207030-00005     Document Type: Article

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