Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 684-691, November 2009

Improved Medical Student Satisfaction and Test Performance With a Simulation-Based Emergency Medicine Curriculum: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Presented as an abstract at the ACEP 2008 Research Forum, October 2008, Chicago, IL.

  • Raymond P. Ten Eyck, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kettering, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Raymond P. Ten Eyck, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine, 3525 Southern Blvd, Kettering, OH 45429
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  • Matthew Tews, DO

      Affiliations

    • Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Emergency Medicine, Milwaukee, WI
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  • John M. Ballester, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kettering, OH

Received 15 November 2008; received in revised form 8 February 2009 and 27 February 2009; accepted 24 March 2009. published online 27 April 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Peter C. Wyer, MD

 Author contributions: RPTE conceived the study, designed the trial, and obtained institutional review board approval. RPTE, MT, and JMB designed the curriculum, determined the learning objectives, and created the individual session debriefing slides. RPTE wrote the simulation programs and MT conducted a pilot session. RPTE and JMB conducted subject recruitment, simulations, and some of the group discussion sessions. RPTE managed the data, including quality control, and worked with the university's statistical consulting center for analysis of the data. RPTE drafted the article, and all authors contributed significantly to revisions. RPTE takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. No external funding was involved in completion of this study, and none of the authors have any financial interest in the product studied or the company that produced it.

 Publication date: Available online April 25, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00288-1

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.025

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 5 , Pages 684-691, November 2009

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