The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 534-538 , May 2011

Are Live Instructors Replaceable? Computer vs. Classroom Lectures for EFAST Training

  • Elke Platz, MD, RDMS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: Elke Platz, md, rdms, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Neville House, Boston, MA 02115
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  • Andrew Liteplo, MD, RDMS

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Shelley Hurwitz, PHD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • James Hwang, MD, RDMS, RDCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 4 April 2009 ,Revised 14 August 2009 ,Accepted 30 August 2009.

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 This study was generously supported by two faculty seed grants from the Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PII: S0736-4679(09)00755-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.08.030

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 534-538 , May 2011

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