Randomized Controlled Trial on "Cardiac Cycle: The First Step" Blinding the Students and the Rater
- VernacularTitle:「心周期：はじめの一歩」において学習者と評価者とを盲検化したｒａｎｄｏｍｉｚｅｄ ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌｌｅｄ ｔｒｉａｌ
- Author:
Yumiko ABE
;
Janet DOMAN
;
Daigo HAYASHI
;
Nagisa KAMIOKA
;
Manabu KOMORI
;
Naoki MARUYAMA
;
Kunio MIYAZAKI
;
Kengo NOGUCHI
;
Atsushi OHYA
;
Naoyuki OKABE
;
Hirotaka ONISHI
;
Masato SHIBUYA
;
Kazusa WADA
;
Tomohiro YAMAMOTO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
undergraduate medical education;
efficiency;
teaching material;
randomized controlled trial;
educational assessment;
blind method
- From:Medical Education
2004;35(1):17-23
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
“Cardiac Cycle: The First Step, ” which discretely, non-ambiguously, and accurately presents basic essential information on the cardiac cycle, was compared with conventional material in terms of educational efficiency. Twenty-six first-year medical students were randomly assigned to either material. The conventional group was presented with a standard textbook with a typical figure and text. The students were blinded as to the origin of the materials. After self-study, the same quiz (30 two-item choice questions asking basic essential information) was given to both groups and was scored by a blinded rater. The number of correct answers was 25.7±3.7 (mean±SD) in the conventional group and 29.4±1.1 in the ‘first-step group’(p<0.01).
