Teaching ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia remotely: a feasibility study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 995-1002

  Burckett St Laurent, D A ^a   Cunningham, M S ^a   Abbas, S ^a   Chan, V W ^a   Okrainec, A ^a   Niazi, A U ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLOBAL RATING SCALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; ONTARIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION TRAINING; TEACHING; TELEMEDICINE; TELESIMULATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 84978663089     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12695     Document Type: Article

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