Helping mothers survive bleeding after birth: An evaluation of simulation-based training in a low-resource setting

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 287-295

  Nelissen, Ellen ^a,b   Ersdal, Hege ^a,c   Østergaard, Doris ^d   Mduma, Estomih ^a   Broerse, Jacqueline ^b   Evjen Olsen, Bjørg ^e,f   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^g,h   Stekelenburg, Jelle ⁱ  

^a HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^b ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clinical skills; education; knowledge; Maternal mortality; obstetrics; patient simulation; postpartum hemorrhage; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL SKILLS; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SIMULATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; TANZANIA;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; MANIKINS; MIDWIFERY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TEACHING;

EID: 84894459678     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12321     Document Type: Article

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