928 Can Medical Students Learn Urethral Catheterisation Through an Escape Room?. (19th August 2022)
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- Title:
- 928 Can Medical Students Learn Urethral Catheterisation Through an Escape Room?. (19th August 2022)
- Main Title:
- 928 Can Medical Students Learn Urethral Catheterisation Through an Escape Room?
- Authors:
- Hanson, Mark
Coleburt, Damien
Badenoch, Thomas - Abstract:
- Abstract: Aim: Escape rooms are an exciting way to learn through team-based challenges, particularly lending themselves to practical clinical skills. We sought to understand if escape rooms are beneficial for teaching urethral catheterisation to medical students. Method: 12 third year medical students were given an initial knowledge assessment, before completing the escape room in groups of three. The room consisted of a number of tasks including labelling anatomy, checking patient details, and gathering equipment, and culminated in successfully catheterising a model. On completion they were given a post escape room knowledge assessment, which was repeated two weeks later to assess retention. This was compared to a control group undertaking a traditional teaching method. Results: Initially, on a Likert scale of 1–5, 69% (n=9) stated that they were a 1 for confidence in performing a urethral catheterisation. After the escape room, all students recorded a 3 or 4, and two weeks later confidence remained at an average of 3 (n=8). 34.6% of questions were answered correctly in the pre assessment, improving to 90% at the post assessment, and two weeks later remained high at 84.1%. Conclusions: Students' knowledge of urethral catheters significantly improved following the escape room, mirrored by their increase in confidence. Despite having never observed or inserted a urethral catheter, all groups successfully catheterised the model, and found the active learning process moreAbstract: Aim: Escape rooms are an exciting way to learn through team-based challenges, particularly lending themselves to practical clinical skills. We sought to understand if escape rooms are beneficial for teaching urethral catheterisation to medical students. Method: 12 third year medical students were given an initial knowledge assessment, before completing the escape room in groups of three. The room consisted of a number of tasks including labelling anatomy, checking patient details, and gathering equipment, and culminated in successfully catheterising a model. On completion they were given a post escape room knowledge assessment, which was repeated two weeks later to assess retention. This was compared to a control group undertaking a traditional teaching method. Results: Initially, on a Likert scale of 1–5, 69% (n=9) stated that they were a 1 for confidence in performing a urethral catheterisation. After the escape room, all students recorded a 3 or 4, and two weeks later confidence remained at an average of 3 (n=8). 34.6% of questions were answered correctly in the pre assessment, improving to 90% at the post assessment, and two weeks later remained high at 84.1%. Conclusions: Students' knowledge of urethral catheters significantly improved following the escape room, mirrored by their increase in confidence. Despite having never observed or inserted a urethral catheter, all groups successfully catheterised the model, and found the active learning process more engaging. … (more)
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- British journal of surgery. Volume 109(2022)Supplement 6
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- British journal of surgery
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- Volume 109(2022)Supplement 6
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- Volume 109, Issue 6 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 109
- Issue:
- 6
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- 2022-0109-0006-0000
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- Publication Date:
- 2022-08-19
- Subjects:
- Surgery -- Periodicals
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/bjs/znac268.034 ↗
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