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Blanca Larraga-García1, Luis Castañeda López1, Fernando Monforte-Escobar2
1Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Applied Clinical Informatics
|September 6, 2023
Summary
Training with a web-based simulator improved trauma care metrics for medical students and residents. This study introduces new metrics for evaluating trauma management skills and learning processes.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Trauma Care
- Simulation-Based Training
Background:
- Trauma injuries are a leading global cause of death.
- Effective training in trauma protocols is crucial for rapid patient treatment.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate deviations from trauma treatment protocols.
- To test a new set of metrics for assessing trauma management skills.
Main Methods:
- Final-year medical students and residents trained on four trauma scenarios using a web-based simulator.
- Pre- and post-training assessments evaluated protocol adherence and performance using novel metrics.
- Scenarios included hospital and prehospital pelvic and lower limb traumas.
Main Results:
- Training with the simulator generally led to an improvement in the proposed metrics.
- The new metrics demonstrated effectiveness in evaluating trauma management skills.
Conclusions:
- The new metrics offer automated, comprehensive performance evaluation for trainers.
- Real-time feedback from these metrics supports trainees in trauma management learning.
