A brief educational intervention is effective in teaching the femoral nerve block procedure to first-year emergency medicine residents

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 726-730

  Akhtar, Saadia ^a   Hwang, Ula ^b   Dickman, Eitan ^c   Nelson, Bret P ^b   Morrison, Rolfe Sean ^b   Todd, Knox H ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

education; emergency medicine; femoral nerve block; hip fracture; nerve block; resident; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMORAL NERVE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATOR; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SKILL; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING; ULTRASOUND;

EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; HIP FRACTURE; NERVE BLOCK; RESIDENT; ULTRASOUND;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84886950256     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.04.051     Document Type: Article

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