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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The effect of an interactive tutorial on the prescribing performance of senior medical students |
Author: | Tonkin, A. Taverner, D. Latte, G. Doecke, C. |
Citation: | Medical Education Online: an electronic journal, 2006; 11(9):1-6 |
Publisher: | Medical Education Online |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
ISSN: | 1087-2981 |
Organisation: | Medicine Learning and Teaching Unit |
Statement of Responsibility: | Anne L Tonkin, David Taverner, Jenny Latte, Christopher Doecke |
Abstract: | Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of small group tutorials in teaching senior medical students the requirements of prescription writing. Design: Random allocation to interactive tutorial or didactic lecture with blinded evaluation. Subjects: All 1999 6th year medical students, the University of Adelaide. Results: The Tutorial Attenders (mean 13.3, SD 2.6) performed significantly better than the Lecture Group (mean12.2, SD 3.0) p=0.041 and the Non-attenders (mean10.7, SD 3.1) p=<0.001. The 13 individual OSCE items formed four logical subgroups, and the Tutorial Attenders performed significantly better in Prescription Writing in all comparisons. Conclusion: A single, one-hour interactive tutorial is likely to be the minimum amount of intervention that will be effective in improving prescribing skills. |
Rights: | ©Authors |
Published version: | http://www.med-ed-online.org/pdf/Res00132.pdf |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Medical Education Unit publications |
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