Optimizing education in difficult airway management: Meeting the challenge

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 748-754

  Myatra, Sheila N ^a   Kalkundre, Rupali S ^a   Divatia, Jigeeshu V ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

airway education; airway simulation; difficult airway management; difficult airway training; optimizing education

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; AUDIOVISUAL AID; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOBILE APPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SIMULATION TRAINING; SURGICAL TRAINING; ANESTHESIOLOGY; EDUCATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; SIMULATION TRAINING;

EID: 85033790317     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0000000000000515     Document Type: Review

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