Internal medicine resident knowledge of transfusion medicine: Results from the BEST-TEST international education needs assessment

Transfusion

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1355-1361

  Haspel, Richard L ^a   Lin, Yulia ^b   Mallick, Ranjeeta ^c   Tinmouth, Alan ^d   Cid, Joan ^e   Eichler, Hermann ^f   Lozano, Miguel ^e   Van De Watering, Leo ^g   Fisher, Patrick B ^h   Ali, Asma ^h   Parks, Eric ^h  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h American Society for Clinical Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EUROPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930864292     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12968     Document Type: Article

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