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Improving learning and confidence through small group, structured otoscopy teaching: a prospective interventional study

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, December 2017
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Title
Improving learning and confidence through small group, structured otoscopy teaching: a prospective interventional study
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Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, December 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40463-017-0249-4
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Authors

Peng You, Saad Chahine, Murad Husein

Abstract

Otologic diseases are common and associated with significant health care costs. While accurate diagnosis relies on physical exam, existing studies have highlighted a lack of comfort among trainees with regards to otoscopy. As such, dedicated otoscopy teaching time was incorporated into the undergraduate medical curriculum in the form of a small group teaching session. In this study, we aimed to examine the effect of a small-group, structured teaching session on medical students' confidence with and learning of otoscopic examination. Using a prospective study design, an otolaryngologist delivered an one-hour, small group workshop to medical learners. The workshop included introduction and demonstration of otoscopy and pneumatic otoscopy followed by practice with peer feedback. A survey exploring students' confidence with otoscopy and recall of anatomical landmarks was distributed before(T1), immediately after(T2), and 1 month following the session(T3). One hundred and twenty five learners participated from February 2016 to February 2017. Forty nine participants with complete data over T1-T3 demonstrated significant improvement over time in confidence (Wilk's lambda = .09, F(2,48) = 253.31 p < .001, η 2  = .91) and learning (Wilk's lambda = 0.34, F(2,47) = 24.87 p < .001, η 2  = .66). A small-group, structured teaching session had positive effects on students' confidence with otoscopy and identification of otologic landmarks. Dedicated otoscopy teaching sessions may be a beneficial addition to the undergraduate medical curriculum.

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Unknown 34 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 24%
Student > Master 5 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 12%
Researcher 2 6%
Lecturer 2 6%
Other 4 12%
Unknown 9 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 12 35%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 9%
Linguistics 2 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 6%
Social Sciences 2 6%
Other 4 12%
Unknown 9 26%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 January 2018.
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#16,784,715
of 25,461,852 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
#289
of 629 outputs
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#270,507
of 449,440 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
#5
of 14 outputs
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