Creation and Implementation of a Mastery Learning Curriculum for Emergency Department Thoracotomy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) is a lifesaving procedure within the scope of practice of emergency physicians. Because EDT is infrequently performed, emergency medicine (EM) residents lack opportunities to develop procedural competency. There is no current mastery learning curriculum for residents to learn EDT. The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a simulation-based mastery learning curriculum to teach and assess EM residents' performance of the EDT.

Methods

We developed an EDT curriculum using a mastery learning framework. The minimum passing standard (MPS) for a previously developed 22-item checklist was determined using the Mastery Angoff approach. EM residents at a four-year academic EM residency program underwent baseline testing i

SUBMITTER: Miller DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7514402 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature