title: Pretest-based group forming in advanced cardiovascular life support courses increases acquisition and retention of resuscitation knowledge.
authors.affiliation: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, MSc "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation", Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Efthymios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giotakis
authors.affiliation: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, MSc "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation", Athens, Greece; Hellenic Society of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: thanoschalkias@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chalkias
authors.affiliation: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, MSc "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation", Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Kyriakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tarantinos
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset and Section of Emergency Medicine, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Maaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castrén
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ioannina, Medical School, Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.affiliation: Hellenic Society of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Athens, Greece; 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Neonatal Division, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iacovidou
authors.affiliation: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, MSc "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation", Athens, Greece; Hellenic Society of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xanthos
mesh_terms: D022561:Advanced Cardiac Life Support / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006115:Greece; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence