Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Malaysia.
Accident and Emergency Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Front Public Health. 2021 Apr 29;9:628178. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.628178. eCollection 2021.
Teaching disaster response medicine (DRM) to medical students requires considerable resources. We evaluate the effectiveness of e-learning in teaching emergency disaster response (ELITE-DR), a novel initiative, in educating medical students of the cognitive aspect of DRM. A prospective cross-sectional study among pre-clinical year medical students was carried out to determine their knowledge on DRM and perception regarding the ELITE-DR initiative using a validated online questionnaire. A three-part self-learning video covering the principles and medical management of DRM were distributed before answering the questionnaire served as the training. A total of 168 students participated in the study. Their overall knowledge showed a significant increase in between pre-and-post-interventions. Recall and simple decision-making knowledge aspects were better than complex decision-making knowledge. It appeared that participants assimilate knowledge better from visual rather than audio stimuli. Participants with high perception-scores demonstrated better knowledge-scores. However, e-learning was not preferred as a substitute for face-to-face (F2F) teaching. ELITE-DR shows promise in teaching DRM. Simple recall and comprehension levels of knowledge were well-served through this technique. However, for more complex decision-making knowledge, a different approach might be required. ELITE-DR offers flexibility, accessibility, and personalized learning. The content presentation is improved by using several different visual stimuli. This approach is useful for cognitive aspect learning, but it should not replace standard F2F teaching.
向医学生教授灾难反应医学（DRM）需要大量资源。我们评估了电子学习在教授医学生 DRM 的认知方面的效果，ELITE-DR 是一项新举措。在一项针对临床前医学生的前瞻性横断面研究中，使用经过验证的在线问卷确定了他们对 DRM 的知识以及对 ELITE-DR 计划的看法。在回答问卷之前，分发了一个包含 DRM 原则和医疗管理的三部分自学视频，作为培训。共有 168 名学生参加了这项研究。他们的整体知识在干预前后都有显著提高。回忆和简单决策知识方面的知识要好于复杂决策知识。似乎参与者从视觉而不是音频刺激中更好地吸收知识。感知分数高的参与者表现出更好的知识分数。然而，电子学习并没有被视为替代面对面（F2F）教学的方法。ELITE-DR 在教授 DRM 方面显示出了前景。通过这种技术，知识的简单回忆和理解水平得到了很好的服务。然而，对于更复杂的决策知识，可能需要采用不同的方法。ELITE-DR 提供了灵活性、可及性和个性化学习。通过使用多种不同的视觉刺激，可以改进内容呈现。这种方法对于认知方面的学习很有用，但它不应替代标准的 F2F 教学。
