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A Resident-Authored, Case-Based Electrocardiogram Email Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The interpretation of electrocardiograms (ECGs) is a critical competency for internal medicine trainees, yet time and resources to foster proficiency are limited.

Methods

This resident-authored ECG email curriculum for first-year residents involved 129 first-year internal medicine residents at three major academic university hospitals. Residents either received the resident-authored ECG email curriculum (intervention group) or continued standard training (control group). The curriculum involved 10 multiple-choice ECG cases emailed biweekly over the 6-month study period. All participants were asked to complete a pre- and postintervention test to assess ECG interpretation competency and attitudes. The primary outcome was improvement in ECG test performance.

Results

Among the 129 first-year residents participating, 21 of the 65 (32%) randomized to the intervention group and 13 of the 64 (20%) randomized to the control group completed both the pre- and posttests for analysis. While all participants' ECG test scores improved over the study period (p < .001), improvement did not differ between groups (p = .860). We found that the effect of the intervention on ECG test performance varied significantly by the number of cardiology rotations an intern experienced (p = .031), benefiting naïve learners the most. All intervention group participants who completed the posttest reported they would recommend it to a colleague.

Discussion

While it did not improve resident performance on an ECG posttest, this resident-authored ECG email curriculum offers a scalable way to provide trainees additional practice with ECG interpretation, with particular benefit to trainees who have not yet rotated on cardiology.

SUBMITTER: Klein AJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7431182 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Resident-Authored, Case-Based Electrocardiogram Email Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents.

Klein Andrew J AJ Berlacher Mark M Doran Jesse A JA Corbelli Jennifer J Rothenberger Scott D SD Berlacher Kathryn K

MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 20200812

<h4>Introduction</h4>The interpretation of electrocardiograms (ECGs) is a critical competency for internal medicine trainees, yet time and resources to foster proficiency are limited.<h4>Methods</h4>This resident-authored ECG email curriculum for first-year residents involved 129 first-year internal medicine residents at three major academic university hospitals. Residents either received the resident-authored ECG email curriculum (intervention group) or continued standard training (control grou ...[more]

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A Resident-Authored, Case-Based Electrocardiogram Email Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents.

Introduction

Methods

Results

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A Resident-Authored, Case-Based Electrocardiogram Email Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents.

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