Cognitive aids: Time for a change?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 660-664

  Jenkins, B ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AID; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; POSTERS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84902367615     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12764     Document Type: Review

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