Clinical decision making: a pilot e-learning study
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Clinical decision making: a pilot e-learning study. / Abendroth, Martin; Harendza, Sigrid; Riemer, Martin.
In: CLIN TEACH, Vol. 10, No. 1, 01.02.2013, p. 51-5.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Clinical decision making: a pilot e-learning study
AU - Abendroth, Martin
AU - Harendza, Sigrid
AU - Riemer, Martin
N1 - © Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013.
PY - 2013/2/1
Y1 - 2013/2/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: As many medical schools focus on student-centred learning strategies, e-learning provides a useful approach to foster clinical decision-making skills in a case-based way. We developed an e-learning module based on real patient cases for final-year students as a self-directed studying tool.METHODS: Ten patient cases were developed from patients treated in the emergency room. Original documents were integrated into the virtual patient system CASUS(®) . In total, 522 students from three different terms of their final year were invited to use the e-learning module. Students filled out a self-assessment questionnaire regarding clinical decision-making skills before and after the module, and were also asked to fill out an evaluation form.RESULTS: Only 30 per cent of the students invited participated in the e-learning module, and even fewer filled out the questionnaires. Nevertheless, the students participating liked the online cases and valued the relevance of the diseases. An increase in the self-assessment rating of clinical decision-making skills after the e-learning module was only seen for students in the first term of their final year. Additionally, those students showed significantly lower scores in their pre-module clinical decision-making skills compared with students in terms two and three of their final year.DISCUSSION: Even though the overall participation was small, participating students were satisfied with the e-learning module and were motivated to work with the cases. A better integration into the clinical curriculum and a stronger association with an exam might provide an even better learning opportunity for medical students with respect to the acquisition of clinical decision-making skills.
AB - BACKGROUND: As many medical schools focus on student-centred learning strategies, e-learning provides a useful approach to foster clinical decision-making skills in a case-based way. We developed an e-learning module based on real patient cases for final-year students as a self-directed studying tool.METHODS: Ten patient cases were developed from patients treated in the emergency room. Original documents were integrated into the virtual patient system CASUS(®) . In total, 522 students from three different terms of their final year were invited to use the e-learning module. Students filled out a self-assessment questionnaire regarding clinical decision-making skills before and after the module, and were also asked to fill out an evaluation form.RESULTS: Only 30 per cent of the students invited participated in the e-learning module, and even fewer filled out the questionnaires. Nevertheless, the students participating liked the online cases and valued the relevance of the diseases. An increase in the self-assessment rating of clinical decision-making skills after the e-learning module was only seen for students in the first term of their final year. Additionally, those students showed significantly lower scores in their pre-module clinical decision-making skills compared with students in terms two and three of their final year.DISCUSSION: Even though the overall participation was small, participating students were satisfied with the e-learning module and were motivated to work with the cases. A better integration into the clinical curriculum and a stronger association with an exam might provide an even better learning opportunity for medical students with respect to the acquisition of clinical decision-making skills.
KW - Clinical Competence
KW - Consumer Satisfaction
KW - Decision Making
KW - Education, Distance
KW - Education, Medical, Undergraduate
KW - Humans
KW - Internet
KW - Patient Simulation
KW - Students, Medical
KW - User-Computer Interface
U2 - 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2012.00629.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2012.00629.x
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 23294745
VL - 10
SP - 51
EP - 55
JO - CLIN TEACH
JF - CLIN TEACH
SN - 1743-4971
IS - 1
ER -