A cervical cerclage task trainer for maternal-fetal medicine fellows and obstetrics/gynecology residents

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 321-325

  Nitsche, Joshua F ^a   Brost, Brian C ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cerclage; Gynecology; Obstetrics; Task trainer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

CERCLAGE, CERVICAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 84867213280     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e318259d1a7     Document Type: Article

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