A patient safety approach to setting pass/fail standards for basic procedural skills checklists

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 277-282

  Yudkowsky, Rachel ^a   Tumuluru, Sumant ^a,c   Casey, Paul ^b   Herlich, Nikki ^a,d   Ledonne, Cindy ^a  

^a Graham Clinical Performance Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Pharmacy Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical skills; Patient safety; Procedural skills; Standard setting

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TEACHING;

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SIMULATION;

EID: 84930017312     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000044     Document Type: Review

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