E-learning for chest x-ray interpretation improves medical student skills and confidence levels.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Radiology is an important aspect of medicine to which medical students often do not receive sufficient exposure. The aim of this project was to determine whether the integration of an innovative e-learning module on chest x-ray interpretation of the heart would enhance the radiological interpretive skills, and improve the confidence, of first year graduate entry medical students.

Methods

All first-year graduate entry (all students had a prior university degree) medical students at the University of Limerick (n = 152) during academic year 2015-16 were invited to participate in this study. An assessment instrument was developed which consisted of 5 radiological cases to be interpreted over a designated and supervised 15-min time period. Students underwent a pre-, mi

SUBMITTER: Wentzell S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233516 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature