Distance Learning Can Be as Effective as Traditional Learning for Medical Students in the Initial Assessment of Trauma Patients
Distance learning is expanding and replacing the traditional academic medical settings. Managing trauma patients seems to be a prerequisite skill for medical students. This study has been done to evaluate the efficiency of distance learning on performing the initial assessment and management in tra...
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doaj-445b39ed9a214c18a47092161888a6172020-11-25T03:28:23ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60251735-96942016-10-015495046Distance Learning Can Be as Effective as Traditional Learning for Medical Students in the Initial Assessment of Trauma PatientsShervin Farahmand0Ebrahim Jalili1Mona Arbab2Mojtaba Sedaghat3Mandana Shirazi4Fatemeh Keshmiri5Arsalan Azizpour6Somayeh Valadkhani7Shahram Bagheri-Hariri8Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Researches, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Distance learning is expanding and replacing the traditional academic medical settings. Managing trauma patients seems to be a prerequisite skill for medical students. This study has been done to evaluate the efficiency of distance learning on performing the initial assessment and management in trauma patients, compared with the traditional learning among senior medical students. One hundred and twenty senior medical students enrolled in this single-blind quasi-experimental study and were equally divided into the experimental (distance learning) and control group (traditional learning). All participants did a written MCQ before the study. The control group attended a workshop with a 50-minute lecture on initial management of trauma patients and a case simulation scenario followed by a hands-on session. On the other hand, the experimental group was given a DVD with a similar 50-minute lecture and a case simulation scenario, and they also attended a hands-on session to practice the skills. Both groups were evaluated by a trauma station in an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) after a month. The performance in the experimental group was statistically better (P=0.001) in OSCE. Distance learning seems to be an appropriate adjunct to traditional learning. https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5034Distance learningATLSEmergency medicineMedical education |
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Shervin Farahmand Ebrahim Jalili Mona Arbab Mojtaba Sedaghat Mandana Shirazi Fatemeh Keshmiri Arsalan Azizpour Somayeh Valadkhani Shahram Bagheri-Hariri |
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Shervin Farahmand Ebrahim Jalili Mona Arbab Mojtaba Sedaghat Mandana Shirazi Fatemeh Keshmiri Arsalan Azizpour Somayeh Valadkhani Shahram Bagheri-Hariri Distance Learning Can Be as Effective as Traditional Learning for Medical Students in the Initial Assessment of Trauma Patients Acta Medica Iranica Distance learning ATLS Emergency medicine Medical education |
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Shervin Farahmand Ebrahim Jalili Mona Arbab Mojtaba Sedaghat Mandana Shirazi Fatemeh Keshmiri Arsalan Azizpour Somayeh Valadkhani Shahram Bagheri-Hariri |
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Distance Learning Can Be as Effective as Traditional Learning for Medical Students in the Initial Assessment of Trauma Patients |
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Distance Learning Can Be as Effective as Traditional Learning for Medical Students in the Initial Assessment of Trauma Patients |
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Distance Learning Can Be as Effective as Traditional Learning for Medical Students in the Initial Assessment of Trauma Patients |
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Distance Learning Can Be as Effective as Traditional Learning for Medical Students in the Initial Assessment of Trauma Patients |
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Distance Learning Can Be as Effective as Traditional Learning for Medical Students in the Initial Assessment of Trauma Patients |
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distance learning can be as effective as traditional learning for medical students in the initial assessment of trauma patients |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
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Acta Medica Iranica |
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0044-6025 1735-9694 |
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Distance learning is expanding and replacing the traditional academic medical settings. Managing trauma patients seems to be a prerequisite skill for medical students. This study has been done to evaluate the efficiency of distance learning on performing the initial assessment and management in trauma patients, compared with the traditional learning among senior medical students. One hundred and twenty senior medical students enrolled in this single-blind quasi-experimental study and were equally divided into the experimental (distance learning) and control group (traditional learning). All participants did a written MCQ before the study. The control group attended a workshop with a 50-minute lecture on initial management of trauma patients and a case simulation scenario followed by a hands-on session. On the other hand, the experimental group was given a DVD with a similar 50-minute lecture and a case simulation scenario, and they also attended a hands-on session to practice the skills. Both groups were evaluated by a trauma station in an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) after a month. The performance in the experimental group was statistically better (P=0.001) in OSCE. Distance learning seems to be an appropriate adjunct to traditional learning.
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