Dao Brandon, Cao Ling
College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME, United States.
Biomedical Sciences Department, College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, United States.
Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2023 May 23;4:1144666. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2023.1144666. eCollection 2023.
Current medical education curricula in pain management are insufficient to match the prevalence of chronic pain and the needs of patient populations. The Supervised Student Inter-professional Pain Clinic Program (SSIPCP) aims to train healthcare professional students to improve their abilities in chronic pain management in interprofessional (IP) teams. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom was employed to allow the program to continue. In this study, survey data from students who participated during and before the COVID-19 pandemic were compared to determine if the program carried out via Zoom can maintain its effectiveness.
Student pre- and post-program survey data were entered into Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and then graphed and analyzed with Sigma Plot. Surveys assessed knowledge in chronic pain physiology and management, attitude towards IP practice, and perceived team skills in the form of questionnaires and open-ended questions. Paired -tests and Wilcoxon Signed-rank tests were used for two-group comparisons and two-way repeated ANOVA followed by the Holm-Sidak tests were used for multiple group comparisons.
Overall, students continued to exhibit significant improvement in major areas assessed even with the use of Zoom. Strengths of the programs were also shared across student cohorts regardless of Zoom usage. However, despite their improvements, students who utilized Zoom stated that they would have preferred in-person program activities.
Although students prefer in-person activities, the SSIPCP successfully trained healthcare students in chronic pain management and working in an IP team through Zoom.
当前疼痛管理方面的医学教育课程不足以应对慢性疼痛的患病率和患者群体的需求。学生跨专业疼痛诊所监督项目（SSIPCP）旨在培训医护专业学生，以提高他们在跨专业（IP）团队中进行慢性疼痛管理的能力。由于新冠疫情，采用了Zoom平台以使该项目能够继续进行。在本研究中，对在新冠疫情期间及之前参与项目的学生的调查数据进行了比较，以确定通过Zoom开展的项目是否能保持其有效性。
将学生项目前后的调查数据录入Microsoft Excel电子表格，然后用Sigma Plot进行绘图和分析。调查通过问卷和开放式问题评估慢性疼痛生理学和管理方面的知识、对跨专业实践的态度以及感知到的团队技能。两组比较采用配对t检验和Wilcoxon符号秩检验，多组比较采用双向重复方差分析，随后进行Holm-Sidak检验。
总体而言，即使使用了Zoom，学生在评估的主要领域仍持续表现出显著进步。无论是否使用Zoom，项目的优势在不同学生群体中也有体现。然而，尽管有进步，但使用Zoom的学生表示他们更喜欢面对面的项目活动。
尽管学生更喜欢面对面的活动，但SSIPCP通过Zoom成功地培训了医护专业学生进行慢性疼痛管理以及在跨专业团队中工作。
