Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 173-178 , June 2008

Computer and web-enabled simulations for anesthesiology training and credentialing

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 This study is partly funded through proceeds from the virtual anesthesia machine Web site and its web-enabled, display-based simulations at http://vam.anest.ufl.edu/wip.html (S Lampotang and the Virtual Anesthesia Machine team).

PII: S0883-9441(08)00003-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.01.002

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 173-178 , June 2008