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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
We have identified deficiencies in medical students' drug administration skills, and we attempted to address them with interactive online teaching modules and simulated critical incident scenarios. Short-term improvements have been evident with this intensive effort, but medium-term retention of skills has not been measured. A drug administration lecture, an online module and a simulated emergency scenario were offered to final year clinical students. None of the teaching was compulsory but participation was recorded, along with students' simulator performances and marks in an objective structured practical examination 9 months later. A poor simulator score predicted a poor performance in the later examination. Participation in the simulated scenario only significantly improved examination scores when supplemented by online teaching (p = 0.002). Intensive drug administration teaching using an online module and high fidelity simulation improves drug administration skills in the medium term. Students found simulation much more engaging than online teaching.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1365-2044
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
379-84
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Retention of drug administration skills after intensive teaching.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Box 93, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK. dww21@cam.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't