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- Title
A Comprehensive, Unembalmed Cadaver-based Course in Advanced Emergency Procedures for Medical Students.
- Authors
Tabas, Jeffrey A.; Rosenson, Jon; Price, Daniel D.; Rohde, Dana; Baird, Carina H.; Dhillon, Nripendra
- Abstract
Background: Preparing medical students for residency in emergency medicine involves education in many areas of knowledge and skill, including instruction in advanced emergency procedures. Objectives: To outline the logistics involved in running a training course in advanced emergency procedures for fourth-year medical students and to report students' perceptions of the impact of the course. Methods: The course is a cadaver-based training laboratory that utilizes several teaching modalities, including a Web-based syllabus and online streaming video, didactic lecture, hands-on practice with models and ultrasound, and hands-on practice with unembalmed (fresh) cadavers. The course focuses on seven emergent procedural skills, including deep venous access via the subclavian, internal jugular, and femoral veins; tube thoracostomy; saphenous vein cutdown; intraosseous line placement; and emergency cricothyrotomy. The course is taught by attending emergency physicians and anatomy department faculty. After completion of the course, students reported their self-assessments on a five-point Likert scale. Data were evaluated using a paired t-test (two-tailed). Results: Thirty-three students completed the evaluation. The students reported a mean (± standard deviation [SD]) increase in their understanding of the indications for all procedures from 3.3 (± 1.1) before to 4.8 (± 0.4) after the course (p = 0.004, 95% CI = 0.7 to 2.0). The students reported a mean increase in their understanding of how to perform all procedures from 2.1 (± 0.9) before to 4.6 (± 0.6) after the course (p = 0.003, 95% CI = 1.9 to 3.0). The students reported a mean increase in their comfort level performing all procedures from 1.6 (± 0.8) before to 4.2 (± 0.7) after the course (p < 0.001, 95% CI = 2.0 to 2.9). Conclusions: These findings support the value of an advanced emergency procedural training course using an unembalmed cadaver-based laboratory and incorporating several teaching modalities.
- Publication
Academic Emergency Medicine, 2005, Vol 12, Issue 8, p782
- ISSN
1069-6563
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1197/j.aem.2005.04.004