Moving the Needle: Simulation's Impact on Patient Outcomes

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 827-838

  Cox, Tiffany ^a   Seymour, Neal ^b   Stefanidis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kirkpatrick level; Operating room; Patient outcomes; Simulation; Surgery; Transfer of skills; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CERTIFICATION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL SURGERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MANIKINS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938286735     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2015.03.005     Document Type: Review

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