A comparison of simulation-based education versus lecture-based instruction for toxicology training in emergency medicine residents.

ABSTRACT: Simulation-based teaching (SIM) is a common method for medical education. SIM exposes residents to uncommon scenarios that require critical, timely actions. SIM may be a valuable training method for critically ill poisoned patients whose diagnosis and treatment depend on key clinical findings. Our objective was to compare medical simulation (SIM) to traditional lecture-based instruction (LEC) for training emergency medicine (EM) residents in the acute management of critically ill poisoned patients. EM residents completed two pre-intervention questionnaires: (1) a 24-item multiple-choice test of four toxicological emergencies and (2) a questionnaire using a five-point Likert scale to rate the residents' comfort level in diagnosing and treating patients with specific toxicological emergencie

SUBMITTER: Maddry JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4252281 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature