Delirium: Medical Students' Knowledge and Effectiveness of Different Teaching Methods.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
; 27(7): 737-744, 2019 07.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Medical schools are often blamed for inadequately training doctors on delirium. This study assesses the knowledge of medical students regarding delirium and evaluates different teaching methods for comparing learning outcomes.METHODS:
A video, a handout, and a video+handout were used as three different teaching methods. Students were randomly assigned to three groups and pre- and postintervention knowledge gains were compared. Interventions were held between 2015 and 2018 at the University of Heidelberg Medical School in Germany. Seventy-eight (video intervention 33; handout 26; video+handout 19) sixth-year medical students participated. Participants learned about delirium with the help of a video, a handout, and both a video+handout at the start of one-hour lectures dedicated to teaching about delirium. Pre- and postintervention questionnaires, comprising five multiple-choice questions and a self-estimated grade of knowledge about delirium, were used. Variables calculated were objective and subjective knowledge, recall, and accuracy of self-assessment. Microsoft Excel and analysis of covariance were used to analyze data.RESULTS:
Knowledge gains for all interventions were large (d>0.8) irrespective of gender. Post hoc comparison showed video and video+handout methods were more effective with high recall for video (92.8%). Students rated their knowledge as satisfactory, although they scored 11.4 out of 20. Preintervention knowledge level was correctly estimated by 31% of students, and postintervention by 40.3% students.CONCLUSION:
Teaching about delirium to medical students with a video resulted in better knowledge transfer and recall. Most medical students, particularly men, overestimated their knowledge about delirium.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Folletos
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Estudiantes de Medicina
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Grabación de Cinta de Video
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Delirio
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Educación de Pregrado en Medicina
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
Asunto de la revista:
GERIATRIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article