Critical Appraisal of Anesthesiology Educational Research for 2019

Lara Zisblatt1, Fei Chen1, Dawn Dillman1

  • 1The following authors are in the Department of Anesthesiology at University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI: is Education Specialist; is Assistant Professor, Director of Anesthesia Internship, and Associate Program Director of Education; and is Anesthesiology Resident. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. The following authors are in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR: is Professor, and is Associate Professor. is Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY, and Education Specialist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anesthesiology at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY. is Informationist in the Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. is Medical Education Learning Specialist in the Department of Anesthesiology at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.

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