Why should we teach medical students?

Yang, Homer; Wilson-Yang, Kristine; Raymer, Karen

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“…As most doctors’ first and only exposure to anaesthesia is in medical school, it is important to maximise student exposure. In addition to aiding recruitment into the specialty, thereby improving the talent pool,4 10 71 72 exposure through a formal teaching programme will allow students to appreciate anaesthetics,14 stimulating deeper learning57 and better preparation for exams and life as a foundation doctor. Students who completed our programme reported more insight into anaesthesia and thereby considered anaesthesia as more of an interesting career prospect for them (table 4), reinforcing the need for a national programme beyond undergraduate anaesthetic education.…”

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Anaesthetic National Teaching Programme for Students (ANTPS)

Wicks

Kumar

et al. 2022

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly undermined undergraduate anaesthetic teaching in spite of the vital role of the specialty against the pandemic. Anaesthetic National Teaching Programme for Students (ANTPS) was designed to meet the evolving needs of undergraduates and tomorrow’s doctor by standardising anaesthetic training, preparing for final exams and equipping competencies vital for doctors of all grades and specialties. Our Royal College of Surgeons England-accredited University-College-Hospital-affiliated programme consisted of six-biweekly sessions were delivered online by anaesthetic trainees. Prerandomised and postrandomised session-specific multiple-choice questions (MCQs) assessed students’ improvement in knowledge. Anonymous feedback forms were provided to students after each session and 2 months following the programme. 3743 student feedback forms (92.2% of attendees) across 35 medical-schools were recorded. There was a mean improvement in test score (0.94±1.27, p<0.001). 313 students completed all six sessions. Based on 5-point Likert scale, students who completed the programme showed an improvement in their confidence in knowledge and skills to face common foundation challenges (1.59±1.12, p<0.001) and thus felt better prepared for life as junior doctors (1.60±1.14, p<0.001). With an increase in confidence in students to pass their MCQs, Observed Structured Clinical Examinations and case-based discussion assessments, 3525 students stated they would recommend ANTPS to other students. Unprecedented COVID-19 factors impacting training, positive student feedback and extensive recruitment, demonstrate that our programme is an indispensable learning resource which standardises anaesthetic undergraduate education nationally, prepares undergraduates for their anaesthetic and perioperative exams and lays strong foundations for implementation of clinical skills required by all doctors, to optimise training and patient care.

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Anaesthetic National Teaching Programme for Students (ANTPS)

Wicks

Kumar

et al. 2022

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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“…Such benefits are highlighted in literature that identifies undergraduate exposure as a factor influencing student specialty selections. 14,15 Although anesthesiology departments held the view that there was a lack of opportunity to become involved with pre-clerkship, the associate deans did not share this view. Anesthesiology departments and associate deans both identified clinical commitments as an important barrier to meeting teaching requirements.…”

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Participation of Canadian anesthesiology departments in undergraduate medical education

Hamlin

Bhangu

Villafranca

et al. 2016

Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth

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Student advanced trauma management and skills (SATMAS): a validation study

Kumar,

Large,

Konda

et al. 2024

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg

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Introduction Despite trauma accounting 9% of global mortality, it has been demonstrated that undergraduate trauma teaching is inadequate nationally and worldwide. With COVID-19 exacerbating this situation, a scalable, accessible, and cost-effective undergraduate trauma teaching is required. Methods Our Continual Professional Development United Kingdom (CPUDK)-accredited University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) Major Trauma Service (MTS) affiliated programme consisted of seven biweekly pre-recorded sessions that were delivered online through the Moodle educational platform to University of Birmingham students. Pre- and post-randomised session-specific multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and anonymous feedback forms were administered. Results There were 489 student responses, with 63 students completing all seven sessions. On an 8-point scale, students’ objective knowledge scores increased by a mean of 1.2 (p < 0.001). Using a 5-point Likert scale, students also showed improvement in subjective outcomes including their confidence in assessing trauma patient (absolute difference (AD) 1.38, p < 0.001), advising initial investigations and formulating initial management plans (AD 1.78, p < 0.001) and thereby their confidence to manage a trauma patient overall (AD 1.98, p < 0.001). A total of 410 student responses endorsed the online delivery of SATMAS through Moodle and recommended SATMAS to future medical students. Conclusion SATMAS has demonstrated positive student feedback and extensive recruitment from only one centre, demonstrating that our programme can be an indispensable low-cost learning resource that prepares undergraduate medical students for their trauma exams and informs the implementation of clinical skills required by all doctors. We publish our pilot study findings to encourage similar teaching programmes to be adopted at other universities nationally and internationally, to synergistically benefit students, tutors, and ultimately patients, on a larger scale.

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Why should we teach medical students?

Cited by 7 publications

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Anaesthetic National Teaching Programme for Students (ANTPS)

Anaesthetic National Teaching Programme for Students (ANTPS)

Participation of Canadian anesthesiology departments in undergraduate medical education

Student advanced trauma management and skills (SATMAS): a validation study

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