Assessing basic life support skills without an instructor: Is it possible?

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mpotos, Nicolas ^a   De Wever, Bram ^b   Valcke, Martin A ^b   Monsieurs, Koenraad G ^b,c,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automated testing; Basic Life Support; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Self directed learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; RESUSCITATION;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MANIKINS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84864979880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-58     Document Type: Article

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