1.Efficacy of an asynchronous electronic curriculum in emergency medicine education in the United States.
Alisa WRAY ; Kathryn BENNETT ; Megan BOYSEN-OSBORN ; Warren WIECHMANN ; Shannon TOOHEY
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions 2017;14(1):29-
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to measure the effect of an iPad-based asynchronous curriculum on emergency medicine resident performance on the in-training exam (ITE). We hypothesized that the implementation of an asynchronous curriculum (replacing 1 hour of weekly didactic time) would result in non-inferior ITE scores compared to the historical scores of residents who had participated in the traditional 5-hour weekly didactic curriculum. METHODS: The study was a retrospective, non-inferiority study. conducted at the University of California, Irvine Emergency Medicine Residency Program. We compared ITE scores from 2012 and 2013, when there were 5 weekly hours of didactic content, with scores from 2014 and 2015, when 1 hour of conference was replaced with asynchro-nous content. Examination results were compared using a non-inferiority data analysis with a 10% margin of difference. RESULTS: Using a non-inferiority test with a 95% confidence interval, there was no difference between the 2 groups (before and after implementation of asynchronous learning), as the confidence interval for the change of the ITE was −3.5 to 2.3 points, whereas the 10% non-inferiority margin was 7.8 points. CONCLUSION: Replacing 1 hour of didactic conference with asynchronous learning showed no negative impact on resident ITE scores.
California
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Curriculum*
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Education*
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Education, Medical, Graduate
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Emergencies*
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Emergency Medicine*
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Internship and Residency
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Learning
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Retrospective Studies
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Statistics as Topic
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United States*