Análisis descriptivo de la curva de olvido en soporte vital básico para estudiantes de medicina

Abstract

PurposeTo analyse the forgetting curve in the acquisition of basic life support competencies by blended learning in third year students of Medicine Degree at the University of Granada. Material and methodsBasic life support skills were evaluated in 271 medical degree students at the University of Granada. For this, a blended learning modality was taught and the students were evaluated on two occasions, separated in time by two months. ResultsPractical maneuvers were performed correctly by all students in the first evaluation. But cognitive and attitudinal ones presented less initial learning. The maneuvers with the greatest forgetfulness were opening the airway and performing two ventilations, on revaluation. On the other hand, the best remembered ones were the request for help and the alternation of compressions and ventilations following a sequence of 30: 2. Differences by sex showed that women presented a higher forgetting curve compared to men. Some skills had a better retention by men compared to the initial evaluation. ConclusionsThe teaching system based on blended learning is useful in the process of acquiring basic life support competencies.