在大流行期间获得医学知识:儿科子专业培训中的考试和董事会认证考试的合格率
Thuy L Ngo1, Lisa Yanek2, Derya Caglar3
1Department of Pediatrics (TL Ngo), Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Academic pediatrics
|May 28, 2023
概括
COVID-19大流行影响了儿科子专业培训,一些奖学金计划的培训考试成绩和认证合格率下降. 课程必须调整教育策略,以支持学员学习.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 儿科子专业 儿科子专业
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19大流行,医疗培训课程需要大幅重组.
- 儿科奖学金计划必须通过评估和知识评估不断监测学员的进步.
- 美国儿科医生协会每年进行子专业培训考试 (SITE) 和最终认证考试.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较儿科子专业学员在COVID-19大流行前和期间的SITE分数和认证考试通过率上的表现.
- 确定在实习生绩效指标中经历了重大变化的特定子专业.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性观察性研究分析了2018年至2022年间来自14个儿科子专业的数据.
- 差异分析 (ANOVA) 和t测试用于评估趋势,并比较大流行前和大流行期间.
主要成果:
- 在疫情期间,在传染病,心脏病学和重症监护医学中观察到SITE得分的统计显著下降.
- 相反,虐待儿童和紧急医疗的SITE分数增加.
- 紧急医疗改善了认证考试通过率,而胃肠病学和肺部病学则出现了下降.
结论:
- 流行病对医学教育的影响在儿科子专业之间有所不同.
- 业绩指标下降的子专业项目需要对其教育和临床计划进行评估和调整.
- 适应学员不断变化的学习需求对于保持高标准的奖学金培训至关重要.
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