Abstract
Context: Nowadays, it is argued that educators can no longer rely on traditional teaching methods and more effective learner–centered education techniques are required. This study sought to assess retention of knowledge after ACLS workshop, comparing those who had used an educational electronic package as an adjunct to the lecture method, and with those who had not. Methods: There were 48 residents of anesthesiology were assigned to intervention and control group at the beginning of their residency in 2009and 2010. In the intervention group, all subjects were asked to review the content of an educational electronic package for 3 weeks before the ACLS workshop. The ACLS workshop was held as the previous conventional method. The acquisition of ACLS knowledge was assessed by a questionnaire before and immediately after the workshop and the retention of knowledge by the same questionnaire 6, and 12-months later. The differences between mean scores were determined with independent t-test. Results: The mean score in the intervention group was 14.21±1.97 vs. 10.25±2.55 in the control group after 6 months (P Conclusion: This study showed the educational electronic package as an adjunct to the lecture method can be used as an aid to recall and a reinforcement technique to significantly enhance residents’ retention of the ACLS course for a short period of time. However, more researches are needed.
Highlights
Since the establishment of clinical skills lab center in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, regular and ongoing CPR trainingCorresponding author: Fardin Yousefshahi, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Anesthesiologist (MD) Tehran Heart Center, North Kargar & Al-Ahmad Cross, Tehran, Iran; Postal Code: 1411713138A large number of literatures in recent years have assessed the efficacy of resuscitation training and pointed out that skills and knowledge declined over time (Cooper, 1997; Sanders, 1994)
We aimed to assess the effect of an educational electronic package as an adjunct to the lecture method on knowledge acquisition and retention of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training
All subjects in the intervention group were given an educational electronic package and were asked to review the contents of this Compact Disk (CD) for 3 weeks before ACLS training workshop
Summary
Since the establishment of clinical skills lab center in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, regular and ongoing CPR trainingCorresponding author: Fardin Yousefshahi, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Anesthesiologist (MD) Tehran Heart Center, North Kargar & Al-Ahmad Cross, Tehran, Iran; Postal Code: 1411713138A large number of literatures in recent years have assessed the efficacy of resuscitation training and pointed out that skills and knowledge declined over time (Cooper, 1997; Sanders, 1994). Since the establishment of clinical skills lab center in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, regular and ongoing CPR training. Poor knowledge and skill retention following CPR training for medical staff has been documented over the past 25 years (Hamilton, 2000; Hammond, 2000). Many factors such as: inadequate training and practice in hospital wards, inefficient education, inappropriate or insufficient content of CPR workshop, time interval between instruction and practice in real situation, lack of hospital supervision on CPR steps, lack of adequate feedback and ineffective educators have been proposed to have negative effect in this field (Kidd, 2007; Broomfield, 1996)
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