Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 453-456 , April 2010

Written evaluation is not a predictor for skills performance in an Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support course

  • David L. Rodgers

      Affiliations

    • Center for Simulation, Advanced Education, and Innovation, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Center for Simulation, Advanced Education, and Innovation, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 8NW100, 34th Street and Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel.: +1 267 426 4956; fax: +1 215 590 2969.
    • ,
  • Farhan Bhanji

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Centre for Medical Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T5, Canada
    • ,
  • Barbara R. McKee

      Affiliations

    • Charleston Area Medical Center Health Education and Research Institute, Charleston, WV 25304, USA

Received 7 August 2009 ,Revised 10 November 2009 ,Accepted 14 December 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.018.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00003-1

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.018

Resuscitation
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