Mannequin simulation improves the confidence of medical students performing tube thoracostomy: a prospective, controlled trial.

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Published in Am Surg on January 01, 2010

Authors

Shuji Hishikawa1, Masaki Kawano, Hozumi Tanaka, Kenjiro Konno, Yoshikazu Yasuda, Ryutaro Kawano, Eiji Kobayashi, Alan T Lefor

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1: Medical Simulation Center, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.

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