DART Tool – Instructions, Updates and AMEE Talk

AMEE 2023 Slides

Latest Version (MODIFIED DART TOOL):

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Bibliography

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DART Tool – Link – https://www.mdpi.com/children/children-08-00039/article_deploy/html/images/children-08-00039-g0A1.png

example DART for video belowDownload

Debriefing Video A (December 2018) – California Simulation Alliance Health Impact (Origin – United States). Authors’ description – Filmed on location at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, USA

We recommend scoring each “train of thought” as one mark on the page – mark the scores cumulatively at the bottom of the page. For example Let’s talk about breathing, I think this patient had asthma most likely and the important treatment was salbutamol would be “one tick” for “one statement”

Calibration Video – Score the DART tool (CLICK HERE) for this short video and compare with a partner

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