Return on investment in blended advanced cardiac life support training compared to face-to-face training in Singapore

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 234-242

  George Gunapa, Pradeep Paul ^a   Ooi, Chee Kheong ^b   Leong, Edwin ^c   Jarbrink, Krister ^d   Car, Josip ^d   Lockwood, Craig ^e  

^a NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Singapore First Aid Training Centre Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced cardiac life support (acls) course; Blended; Break even; Cost savings; Face to face acls course; Learning; Return on investment; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LEARNING; MONEY; PHYSICIAN; PRODUCTIVITY; RESUSCITATION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 85050885635     PISSN: 20101058     EISSN: 20592329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2010105818760045     Document Type: Article

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