BACKGROUND: Evaluation and feedback are two factors that could influence simulation-based medical education and the time when they were delivered contributes their different effects. AIM: To investigate the impact of pre-training evaluation and feedback on medical students' performance in basic life support (BLS). METHODS:Forty 3rd-year undergraduate medical students were randomly divided into two groups, C group (the control) and pre-training evaluation and feedback group (E&F group), each of 20. After BLS theoretical lecture, the C group received 45 min BLS training and the E&F group was individually evaluated (video-taped) in a mock cardiac arrest (pre-training evaluation). Fifteen minutes of group feedback related with the students' BLS performance in pre-training evaluation was given in the E&F group, followed by a 30-min BLS training. After BLS training, both groups were evaluated with one-rescuer BLS skills in a 3-min mock cardiac arrest scenario (post-training evaluation). The score from the post-training evaluation was converted to a percentage and was compared between the two groups. RESULTS: The score from the post-training evaluation was higher in the E&F group (82.9 ± 3.2% vs. 63.9 ± 13.4% in C group). CONCLUSIONS: In undergraduate medical students without previousBLS training, pre-training evaluation and feedback improve their performance in followed BLS training.
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BACKGROUND: Evaluation and feedback are two factors that could influence simulation-based medical education and the time when they were delivered contributes their different effects. AIM: To investigate the impact of pre-training evaluation and feedback on medical students' performance in basic life support (BLS). METHODS: Forty 3rd-year undergraduate medical students were randomly divided into two groups, C group (the control) and pre-training evaluation and feedback group (E&F group), each of 20. After BLS theoretical lecture, the C group received 45 min BLS training and the E&F group was individually evaluated (video-taped) in a mock cardiac arrest (pre-training evaluation). Fifteen minutes of group feedback related with the students' BLS performance in pre-training evaluation was given in the E&F group, followed by a 30-min BLS training. After BLS training, both groups were evaluated with one-rescuer BLS skills in a 3-min mock cardiac arrest scenario (post-training evaluation). The score from the post-training evaluation was converted to a percentage and was compared between the two groups. RESULTS: The score from the post-training evaluation was higher in the E&F group (82.9 ± 3.2% vs. 63.9 ± 13.4% in C group). CONCLUSIONS: In undergraduate medical students without previous BLS training, pre-training evaluation and feedback improve their performance in followed BLS training.
Authors: Mario García-Suárez; Carlos Méndez-Martínez; Santiago Martínez-Isasi; Juan Gómez-Salgado; Daniel Fernández-García Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2019-03-03 Impact factor: 3.390
Authors: J B Groener; T J Bugaj; R Scarpone; A Koechel; J Stiepak; S Branchereau; M Krautter; W Herzog; C Nikendei Journal: BMC Med Educ Date: 2015-09-29 Impact factor: 2.463