Implementation of Electives in Emergency Medicine for Medical Undergraduates and Evaluation of Its Effectiveness.

AIMS AND BACKGROUND

Competency-based medical education has been widely accepted across the globe and it has been adopted in the undergraduate curriculum in India from 2019. One introduction to this curriculum is the Electives postings. Electives are chosen by the students. The objectives of this project were to document the implementation of electives in emergency medicine for the medical undergraduates and to assess its effectiveness in terms of improving the knowledge and changing in perceptions of students.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation (ADDIE) instructional design approach was followed to prepare this electives module. The cross-sectional study was conducted on eight students who chose the emergency medicine elective for two consecutive years. The students were engaged in teaching learning activities and assessments for a duration of 15 days. They completed a pre- and post-course survey forms, pre- and post-tests and were given feedback on daily activities conducted.

RESULTS

All students gave positive response in terms of course conduct, satisfaction, gain in knowledge, and core skills of emergency medicine procedures. There was significant difference in student perception regarding the role of an emergency physician, triaging patients, taking history, examination, and management of life-threatening emergencies following the posting. All students showed noteworthy improvement in post-test scores compared with pre-course test.

CONCLUSION

A structured 2-week elective posting in emergency medicine has a positive impression on student's perception regarding the specialty and has a remarkable advancement in knowledge and core skills of emergency medicine competencies.

HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE

Sampangiramaiah S, Shettian AD, Bhat NM, Tekkunje NG, Martis M, Shetty K, Implementation of Electives in Emergency Medicine for Medical Undergraduates and Evaluation of Its Effectiveness. Indian J Crit Care Med 2024;28(12):1112-1117.