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Effect of electronic versus print format and different reading resources on knowledge acquisition in the third-year
Kent J DeZee1, Steven Durning, G Dodd Denton
1Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. kent.dezee@us.army.mil
Background:
Many medical students have access to electronic and print resources. It is not known if the format or the choice of resources effects knowledge acquisition over an entire clerkship.
Purpose:
To determine if the format (electronic or print) or choice of reading materials is associated with knowledge acquisition during the 3-year internal medicine clerkship.
Methods:
This was a prospective cohort study. During the last week of the clerkship, students took the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) exam and completed a survey ranking the reading materials used.
Results:
One hundred and fourteen 3rd-year internal medicine clerkship students participated. The most commonly reported resources were UpToDate (99%), a review or question book (93%), and Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (82%). Multivariate analysis showed a significant beneficial effect of any use of Harrison's (linear regression, p < .04, absolute difference 3 points, SD = 1.4) on NBME score. The format of the most important resource-electronic (61%) or print (39%)-did not predict the NBME score, p > .80.
Conclusions:
The format (electronic or print) of resources did not appear to effect NBME score in the medicine clerkship. A secondary analysis showed the use of Harrison's textbook was associated with improved knowledge acquisition.
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