E-learning to teach medical students about acute otitis media: A randomized controlled trial.
Objectives Acute otitis media (AOM) is extremely prevalent among children but its diagnosis remains challenging. Our primary objective was to measure the impact of an e-learning module on medical students' accuracy in diagnosing paediatric AOM. Methods This randomized controlled trial was performed...
| Publicado en: | Paediatrics & Child Health (1205-7088) Vol. 26; no. 7; pp. 396 - 402 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Nov2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=153609914&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 153609914 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 12057088 AXXA jtl: Paediatrics & Child Health (1205-7088) issn: 12057088 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2021 vid: 26 iid: 7 pid: 10398 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 153609914 153609914 153609914 10.1093/pch/pxab009 153609914 ppf: 396 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: E-learning to teach medical students about acute otitis media: A randomized controlled trial. aug: au: Mousseau, Sarah Poitras, Maude Lapointe, Annie Nguyen, Bich Hong Hervouet-Zeiber, Catherine Gravel, Jocelyn affil: Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine , Montreal, Quebec , Canada sug: subj: Students, Medical Otitis Media Diagnosis Otitis Media Education Teaching Methods Online Education Outcomes of Education Human Randomized Controlled Trials Random Assignment Student Knowledge Confidence Intervals Student Attitudes ab: Objectives Acute otitis media (AOM) is extremely prevalent among children but its diagnosis remains challenging. Our primary objective was to measure the impact of an e-learning module on medical students' accuracy in diagnosing paediatric AOM. Methods This randomized controlled trial was performed at a single tertiary care paediatric emergency department (ED). Medical students on their paediatric rotation were randomized to a locally developed e-learning module or a small-group lecture on AOM. They then had to examine at least 10 ears of patients at risk for AOM. The primary outcome was diagnostic accuracy and secondary outcomes included knowledge test scores and learning modality preference. Results Between May 2017 and September 2018, 201 medical students were randomized. Eighty-three evaluated at least 10 ears and were included in the primary analysis. Diagnostic accuracies (76.5% for the e-learning group versus 76.4% for the lecture group, difference of 0.1%; 95%CI: –6.2 to 6.4%) and post-test scores (difference of 0.5/20 points; 95%CI: –0.8 to 1.2/20 points) were similar between the groups. Sixty-two per cent of participants preferred the e-learning module to the lecture, while 15% had no preference. Conclusions Diagnostic accuracy for AOM was similar between students exposed to an e-learning module or a small-group lecture. E-learning was the preferred learning modality. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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