A short trauma course for physicians in a resource-limited setting: Is low-cost simulation effective?

Injury

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1796-1800

  Pringle, K ^a   Mackey, J M ^a   Modi, P ^a   Janeway, H ^a   Romero, T ^b   Meynard, F ^b   Perez, H ^b   Herrera, R ^c   Bendana, M ^d   Labora, A ^a   Ruskis, J ^a   Foggle, J ^a   Partridge, R ^a   Levine, A C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^c Lenin Fonseca Hospital   (Nicaragua)

^d Dr Roberto Calderón Teaching Hospital   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Global emergency medicine; Medical education; Nicaragua; Simulation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CERVICAL SPINE; CIRCULATION; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; NICARAGUA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SIMULATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NICARAGUA; PHYSICIANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84939562885     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.05.021     Document Type: Article

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