Assessment of blood administration competencies using objective structured clinical examination

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 409-417

  Sellu, D H ^a   Davis, R E ^b   Vincent, C A ^b  

^a EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Competency assessment; Objective structured clinical examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MIDWIFE; NURSE; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT CODING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE CLINICIANS;

EID: 84870243717     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2012.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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