Surgical Oncology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mashhad Medical Microbiology Student Research Group, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020 Feb 7;9(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-0688-y.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) challenge modern medicine. Considering their high prevalence in Iran, we aimed to provide knowledge on the subject, and to teach about the importance of infection prevention and control (IPC) to a broad audience of pre-graduate healthcare professionals, focusing on education as the cornerstone of IPC.
We invited Iranian medical students to present ideas on "how to reduce HAIs." Projects were eligible if being original and addressing the call. Accepted projects were quality assessed using a scoring system. Forty-nine projects were submitted, of which 37 met the inclusion criteria. They had a mean score of 69.4 ± 18.3 out of the maximum possible score of 115. Four reviewers assessed the 37 projects for clinical applicability, impact on patient safety, and innovation, and selected the best 12 to compete at the 2nd International Congress on Prevention Strategies for Healthcare-associated Infections, Mashhad, Iran, 2018. The competition took place in three rounds. The selected teams presented their projects in the first round and debated one by one in a knockout manner, while the jury reviewed their scientific content and presentation skills. In the second round, the top 5 projects competed for reaching the final stage, in which the teams presented their ideas in front of a panel of international IPC experts to determine the first three ranks. At the end of the contest, the participants gained valuable criticisms on how to improve their ideas. Moreover, by its motivating atmosphere, the contest created an excellent opportunity to promote IPC in medical schools.
Using innovation contests in pre-graduates is an innovative education strategy. It sensitizes medical students to the challenges of IPC and antimicrobial resistance and drives them to think about solutions. By presenting and defending their innovations, they deepen their understanding on the topic and generate knowledge transfer in both ways, from students to teachers and vice versa.
医疗保健相关感染（HAI）是现代医学面临的挑战。考虑到它们在伊朗的高患病率，我们旨在为广大医学生提供相关知识，并教育他们感染预防和控制（IPC）的重要性，重点是将教育作为 IPC 的基石。
我们邀请伊朗医学生提出关于“如何减少 HAI”的想法。项目如果具有原创性并符合要求，就有资格入选。采用评分系统对入选项目进行质量评估。提交了 49 个项目，其中 37 个符合纳入标准。它们的最高得分为 115 分，平均得分为 69.4±18.3 分。四位评审员评估了这 37 个项目的临床适用性、对患者安全的影响和创新性，并选出了 12 个最佳项目参加 2018 年在伊朗马什哈德举行的第二届预防医疗保健相关感染策略国际大会的竞赛。比赛分为三轮进行。入选团队在第一轮展示他们的项目，并以淘汰赛的方式一对一辩论，而评审团则审查他们的科学内容和演讲技巧。在第二轮中，前 5 名项目竞争进入最后阶段，团队在国际 IPC 专家面前展示他们的创意，以确定前三名。比赛结束时，参与者获得了宝贵的反馈意见，以便他们改进自己的创意。此外，通过其激励性的氛围，比赛为在医学院推广 IPC 创造了绝佳机会。
在医学生中使用创新竞赛是一种创新的教育策略。它使医学生对 IPC 和抗微生物药物耐药性的挑战保持敏感，并促使他们思考解决方案。通过展示和捍卫他们的创新，他们加深了对该主题的理解，并在学生和教师之间以及反之亦然双向传递知识。
