Teaching emergency medicine with workshops improved medical student satisfaction in emergency medicine education

Figures & data

Table 1 Teaching schedule for Emergency Department rotation for the fifth year medical students

Week	7:45–8:45	9:00–10:00	10:00–17:00
Traditional curriculum
1	Lectures	Teaching round	ER observers
2	Lectures	Teaching round	ER observers
3	Lectures	Teaching round	ER observers
New Emergency Medicine curriculum
1	Lectures	Teaching round	ER observers
2	Lectures, two workshops on Friday	Teaching round	ER observers
3	Lectures, one workshop on Wednesday	Teaching round	ER observers

Notes: Twelve lecture topics are: communication and ER management; radiology for ER; treatment of shock; common pediatric injuries; acute chest pain/dyspnea; psychological problems in ER; ventilation support; asthmatic attack; pediatric advanced cardiac life support; antimicrobial agents in life threatening infection; ER management of the injured patients; and acute poisoning.

Abbreviation: ER, emergency room.

Table 2 Male sex, overall satisfaction, and satisfaction with teaching methods by curriculum

Factors	Traditional EM curriculum N=77	New EM curriculum N=112	P-value
Male sex, number (%)	31 (40.26)	43 (38.39)	0.880
Overall satisfactiona	4.36 (0.67)	4.50 (0.60)	0.119
Satisfaction in teaching methoda	4.07 (0.90)	4.54 (0.65)	<0.001

Notes:

a Indicates the number of students was not equal to 77 or 112 in the traditional EM and new EM curriculum, respectively; data based on the 5 point Likert score and presented as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise indicated.

Abbreviation: EM, Emergency Medicine.

Figure 1 Satisfaction scores of all five teaching methods in the new Emergency Medicine curriculum.

Notes: Significant differences between teaching methods were trauma versus (vs) traditional (correlation coefficient −0.182; P-value 0.030); trauma vs airway (correlation coefficient −0.260; P-value <0.001); trauma vs EMS (correlation coefficient 0.100; P-value 0.034); EMS and airway (correlation coefficient −0.162; P-value 0.021). Red dots indicate mean values; line indicates 95% confidence interval (CI).
Abbreviation: EMS, emergency medical services.