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Article: Perioperative Pain Management Education: A Short Structured Regional Anesthesia Course Compared with Traditional Teaching Among Medical Students
- Article from:
- Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright Churchill Livingstone Inc., Medical Publishers Nov/Dec 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Background and Objectives: Previous research has demonstrated that a brief course on pain management improved knowledge and attitudes toward analgesic use among medical students. The purpose of this study is to compare a structured clinical instruction course on regional anesthesia techniques for perioperative pain management with traditional teaching given to senior medical students.
Methods: During a 1-month clerkship in anesthesiology, 40 fourth-year medical students were randomly and equally divided into 2 groups. The study group received a 2-hour structured course on regional anesthesia techniques for pain management whereas the control group received a 1-hour lecture tutorial on ...