Evaluating the long-term impact of the Trauma Team Training course in Guyana: An explanatory mixed-methods approach

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-124

  Pemberton, Julia ^a   Rambaran, Madan ^b   Cameron, Brian H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation   (Guyana)

Author keywords

Guyana; Interprofessional; Low resource setting; Trauma education; Trauma team training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURSE CONTENT; GUYANA; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SIMULATION; TEAMWORK;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GUYANA; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84872598431     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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