Development and evaluation of an online medication safety module for medical students at a rural teaching hospital: the Winchester District Memorial Hospital

BMJ Open Quality

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Ali Elbeddini¹  Yasamin Tayefehchamani³ 

[1] Family Medicine , University of Ottawa;Clinical Pharmacy , Winchester District Memorial Hospital , Winchester;Clinical Pharmacy , University of Toronto Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

关键词: medication safety;    continuing education;    continuing professional development;    ordinary knowledge;   

DOI  :  10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001385

学科分类：药学

来源: BMJ Publishing Group

【 摘 要 】

Objective To design, implement and assess an online learning module for third-year and fourth-year medical students addressing medication safety.Design This study was a prospective, parallel, open-label, randomised controlled trial with two arms: (1) a control arm in which students were given five articles to read about medication safety, and (2) an intervention arm in which students were given access to an interactive web-based learning module on medication safety. Pretesting and post-testing were done online to evaluate change in medication safety knowledge.Results Ten students completed the study in the intervention group (online module) and six students completed the study in the control group. The increase in score obtained on the post-test, relative to the pretest, was 15.4% in the group who completed the online module and 2.0% in the control group (difference=13.4%, 95% CI 0.5% to 26.2%, p=0.04).Conclusion Students who completed an online educational tool about medication safety demonstrated a significantly greater increase in knowledge than those who completed a few readings. Online learning modules can be a convenient and effective means of teaching safe prescribing concepts to medical trainees.

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