Clinical Performance and Skill Retention after Simulation-based Education for Nephrology Fellows

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-473

  Ahya, Shubhada N ^a   Barsuk, Jeffrey H ^a   Cohen, Elaine R ^a   Tuazon, Jennifer ^a   Mcgaghie, William C ^a   Wayne, Diane B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84864003985     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2011.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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