Trial reportBMC emergency medicine2018
Implementing blended learning in emergency airway management training: a randomized controlled trial.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Review article: E-learning in emergency medicine: A systematic review.Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA · 2022Pooled it
- Blended Learning Compared to Traditional Learning in Medical Education: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Learning to manage tracheostomy-related emergencies: a pilot study comparing three teaching strategies for junior doctors in intensive care.BMC medical education · 2026Trial
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- Impact of providing education on the recognition and differential diagnosis of angioedema among emergency department physicians.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2025Article
- Fundamentals of emergency care support: a blended learning model to improve emergency and trauma care in a low-income country.International journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Current trends in emergency airway management: a clinical review.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Challenges and opportunities in the uptake of simulation in healthcare education in the developing world: a scoping review.MedEdPublish (2016) · 2024Article
- Comparison of the angle deviation of the nose line to the mentum and Mallampati test in predicting the difficult airway before anesthesia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
- Development and evaluation of an e-learning course in oxygen therapy.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of face-to-face, blended and e-learning in teaching the application of local anaesthesia: a randomised study.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- An implementation study of periarticular knee osteotomy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- The Anesthesiologist's Role in Teaching Airway Management to Nonanesthesiologists: Who, Where, and How.Advances in anesthesia · 2020Review
- Impact of animated instruction on tablets and hands-on training in applying bimanual perineal support on episiotomy rates: an intervention study.International urogynecology journal · 2019Article
- Impact of electronic and blended learning programs for manual perineal support on incidence of obstetric anal sphincter injuries: a prospective interventional study.BMC medical education · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhile emergency airway management training is conventionally conducted via face-to-face learning (F2FL) workshops, there are inherent cost, time, place and manpower limitations in running such workshops. Blended learning (BL) refers to the systematic integration of online and face-to-face learning aimed to facilitate complex thinking skills and flexible participation at a reduced financial, time and manpower cost. This study was conducted to evaluate its effectiveness in emergency airway management training.
methodsA single-center prospective randomised controlled trial involving 30 doctors from Sarawak General Hospital, Malaysia was conducted from September 2016 to February 2017 to compare the effectiveness of BL versus F2FL for emergency airway management training. Participants in the BL arm were given a period of 12 days to go through the online materials in a learning management system while those in the F2FL arm attended a-day of face-to-face lectures (8 h). Participants from both arms then attended a day of hands-on session consisting of simulation skills training with airway manikins. Pre- and post-tests in knowledge and practical skills were administered. E-learning experience and the perception towards BL among participants in the BL arm were also assessed.
resultsSignificant improvements in post-test scores as compared to pre-test scores were noted for participants in both BL and F2FL arms for knowledge, practical, and total scores. The degree of increment between the BL group and the F2FL arms for all categories were not significantly different (total scores: 35 marks, inter-quartile range (IQR) 15.0 - 41.0 vs. 31 marks, IQR 24.0 - 41.0, p = 0.690; theory scores: 18 marks, IQR 9 - 24 vs. 19 marks, IQR 15 - 20, p = 0.992; practical scores: 11 marks, IQR 5 -18 vs. 10 marks, IQR 9 - 20, p = 0.461 respectively). The overall perception towards BL was positive.
conclusionsBlended learning is as effective as face-to-face learning for emergency airway management training of junior doctors, suggesting that blended learning may be a feasible alternative to face-to-face learning for such skill training in emergency departments.
trial registrationMalaysian National Medical Research NMRR-16-696-30190 . Registered 28 April 2016.
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