Assessing pharmacy students' ability to accurately measure blood pressure using a blood pressure simulator arm

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Bottenberg, Michelle M ^a   Bryant, Ginelle A ^a   Haack, Sally L ^a   North, Andrew M ^b  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Pharmacy students; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACY STUDENT; PHARMACY STUDENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

ASSESSMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; PHARMACY STUDENTS; SIMULATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STUDENTS, PHARMACY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

EID: 85046983428     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe77598     Document Type: Article

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