Performance gaps and improvement plans from a 5-hospital simulation programme for anaesthesiology providers: A retrospective study

BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 37-42

  Demaria, Samuel ^a   Levine, Adam ^a   Petrou, Philip ^a   Feldman, David ^b   Kischak, Patricia ^b   Burden, Amanda ^c   Goldberg, Andrew ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hospitals Insurance Company Inc   (United States)

^c Hospitals Insurance Company ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032425904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20566697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjstel-2016-000163     Document Type: Article

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