Erica Frank1, Kate Tairyan2, Michelle Everton3, Jennifer Chu4, Craig Goolsby5, Alisa Hayes6, Ann Hulton7. 1. School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia (UBC), 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3. Electronic address: verena.rossa-roccor@ubc.ca. 2. Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6. 3. Project Manager and Director of Evaluation, NextGenU.org, 12082 Mountain Lane, Sedro-Woolley, WA, 98284. 4. St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 1W8. 5. Asst. Professor of Military & Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA. 6. University of Missouri Health Care, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, 65201, USA. 7. Director of Technology, NextGenU.org, 12082 Mountain Lane, Sedro-Woolley, WA, 98284.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The WHO has called for the use of computer-aided education to train millions of additional health providers. We herein address this appeal with the first globally available, free, accredited, computer-aided, and peer and mentor-guided course. METHODS: The intervention studied was NextGenU.org's first course, "Emergency Medicine (EM) for Senior Medical Students", required for the graduating Classes of 2013 at the University of Missouri (UM) and the U.S. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Control groups were the Class of 2012 at USUHS, and students nationally in the Class of 2013. RESULTS: As of July 2016, there were over 4,000 registered "NextGenUsers" in 145 countries. USUHS NextGenUsers (n=167) averaged 80.3% vs. USUHS control students' 80.9% (n=163, p=0.4) on the Society of Academic EM (SAEM) exam, vs. 71.4% nationally (n=415, p<0·0001). UM NextGenUsers (n=35) averaged 71.2% on the SAEM exam vs. 71.4% nationally (n=415, p=0.8). Both EM Clerkship Directors reported good student satisfaction with these asynchronous, competency-based, site-agnostic readings. CONCLUSIONS: This novel model of a free, accredited course is becoming widely used, and has performed as well as some of the world's most-resourced courses.
BACKGROUND: The WHO has called for the use of computer-aided education to train millions of additional health providers. We herein address this appeal with the first globally available, free, accredited, computer-aided, and peer and mentor-guided course. METHODS: The intervention studied was NextGenU.org's first course, "Emergency Medicine (EM) for Senior Medical Students", required for the graduating Classes of 2013 at the University of Missouri (UM) and the U.S. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Control groups were the Class of 2012 at USUHS, and students nationally in the Class of 2013. RESULTS: As of July 2016, there were over 4,000 registered "NextGenUsers" in 145 countries. USUHS NextGenUsers (n=167) averaged 80.3% vs. USUHS control students' 80.9% (n=163, p=0.4) on the Society of Academic EM (SAEM) exam, vs. 71.4% nationally (n=415, p<0·0001). UM NextGenUsers (n=35) averaged 71.2% on the SAEM exam vs. 71.4% nationally (n=415, p=0.8). Both EM Clerkship Directors reported good student satisfaction with these asynchronous, competency-based, site-agnostic readings. CONCLUSIONS: This novel model of a free, accredited course is becoming widely used, and has performed as well as some of the world's most-resourced courses.
Authors: Veronic Clair; Kaitlin Atkinson; Abednego Musau; Victoria Mutiso; Edna Bosire; Isaiah Gitonga; Will Small; David Ndetei; Erica Frank Journal: Int J Ment Health Addict Date: 2022-05-23 Impact factor: 11.555
Authors: Veronic Clair; Abednego Musau; Victoria Mutiso; Albert Tele; Katlin Atkinson; Verena Rossa-Roccor; Edna Bosire; David Ndetei; Erica Frank Journal: Int J Ment Health Addict Date: 2022-08-12 Impact factor: 11.555