Journal article
An Evaluation of Pediatric Residency Education in Conveying Immunization Knowledge
Teaching and learning in medicine, Vol.22(3), pp.176-179
06/22/2010
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2010.488196
PMID: 20563936
Abstract
Background: The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education now requires all pediatric residency training programs assess medical knowledge competency. Purpose: The goal of this project was to determine whether pediatric residency training using patient-based/experiential teaching made residents competent in the area of immunization knowledge or whether additional teaching strategies might need to be developed. Methods: Cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs were used to determine improvement in immunization knowledge on a multiple-choice quiz over the 3 years of residency training. Results: Both the cross-sectional and longitudinal data showed a statistically significant improvement in performance between residency training Years 1 and 2 but not between Years 2 and 3 on the quiz. This statistically significant relationship by year of training was seen despite the modest reliability of the short quiz and the sample size. Conclusions: This study shows that pediatric residency education using patient-based/experiential teaching is effective in teaching first year residents about immunization knowledge but is not as effective for 2nd- and 3rd-year residents. Other instructional methods such as computer-based cases could be employed during the 2nd and 3rd years.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An Evaluation of Pediatric Residency Education in Conveying Immunization Knowledge
- Creators
- Ellen A Link - Department of Pediatrics , University of Iowa College of MedicineClarence D Kreiter - Office of Consultation and Research in Medical EducationDonna M D'Alessandro - Department of Pediatrics , University of Iowa College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Teaching and learning in medicine, Vol.22(3), pp.176-179
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/10401334.2010.488196
- PMID
- 20563936
- ISSN
- 1040-1334
- eISSN
- 1532-8015
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/22/2010
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Family and Community Medicine; General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984024546902771
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