Research Article: Impact of standardized patients on the training of medical students to manage emergencies
Lead author: Frank Herbstreit
Submitted by: Todd Lash, Publications Committee Chair
The investigators compared standardized patient’s ability to transmit knowledge and skills compared with a more traditional teaching approach for emergency management skills. Medical students were randomized to receive either training on standardized patients simulating 3 emergency settings (“acute chest pain,” “stroke,” and “acute dyspnea/asthma”) or traditional small group seminars. The students were evaluated on their knowledge base before and after their respective training pathway. Teaching using standardized patients resulted in a small, but statistically significant improvement in objective structured clinical examination scores. There was no difference in the written examination scores. Read the full article in Medicinehere.
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