Comparison of traditional didactic seminar to high-fidelity simulation for teaching electroconvulsive therapy technique to psychiatry trainees

Journal of ECT

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 291-296

  Rabheru, Kiran ^a,b   Wiens, Andrew ^a,c   Ramprasad, Bismil ^a,b   Bourgon, Luc ^a,b   Antochi, Ruxandra ^a,b   Hamstra, Stanley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Electroconvulsive Therapy; Residents; Simulation; Skills Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HIGH FIDELITY PATIENT SIMULATOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRY; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR;

ADULT; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 84888993946     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318290f9fb     Document Type: Article

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