Spaced education in medical residents: An electronic intervention to improve competency and retention of medical knowledge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spaced education is a novel method that improves medical education through online repetition of core principles often paired with multiple-choice questions. This model is a proven teaching tool for medical students, but its effect on resident learning is less established. We hypothesized that repetition of key clinical concepts in a "Clinical Pearls" format would improve knowledge retention in medical residents.

Methods

This study investigated spaced education with particular emphasis on using a novel, email-based reinforcement program, and a randomized, self-matched design, in which residents were quizzed on medical knowledge that was either reinforced or not with electronically-administered spaced education. Both reinforced and non-reinforced knowledge was later

SUBMITTER: Matos J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5536283 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature