A three-arm single blind randomised control trial of naive medical students performing a shoulder joint clinical examination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Technological advances have previously been hailed as a new dawn in Higher Education, with the advent of 'massive open online courses' (MOOCs) and online learning. Virtual platforms have potential advantages such as accessibility and availability but simply transferring educational material to the online environment may not ensure high quality learning. Clinical examination is a fundamental principle of medical assessment, and this study aimed to assess the role of technology in teaching these skills.

Aims/objectives

To determine whether three teaching modalities were of equal efficacy in teaching examination of the shoulder joint to naïve medical students.

Methods

Sixty-seven pre-clinical medical students naïve to large joint examination were recruited. Pa

SUBMITTER: Brewer PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8293563 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature