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- Title
Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Fourth-Year Medical School Elective Course in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine.
- Authors
Sullivan, Harold C; Stowell, Sean R; Meyer, Erin K; Duncan, Alexander D; Guarner, Jeannette
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>Knowledge of transfusion medicine by medical students is limited. Transfusion medicine physicians developed, implemented, and evaluated a half-day elective on transfusion medicine for fourth-year medical students.<bold>Methods: </bold>The course included a didactic lecture with integrated audience response questions and role-playing, as well as a "Jeopardy"-style game to review the material. The same 10-question knowledge quiz was administered before and after the elective.<bold>Results: </bold>Both knowledge quizzes were taken by 102 students. An average score of 3.3 was obtained on the initial quiz, with only three (3%) students having a passing score (≥6 correct questions). The average score after the elective was 6.6, with 83 (81%) students having a passing score. Students found the elective was informative (62 students, 60.8%), very useful (56, 54.9%), and practical (51, 50%), although some thought it was challenging (22, 21.6%).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>A short course for medical students that allowed repetition of concepts using several teaching modalities improved their knowledge in transfusion medicine.
- Subjects
BLOOD banks; BLOOD transfusion; MEDICAL schools; MEDICAL students; CURRICULUM; BLOOD collection; MENTAL health surveys; MEDICAL education
- Publication
American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2019, Vol 151, Issue 1, p116
- ISSN
0002-9173
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/ajcp/aqy115