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Table 3 64 comparative articles

From: Technology-assisted education in graduate medical education: a review of the literature

Author

Category

Outcomes

measured A

Methods

compared

Study

characteristics B

Number of

subjects

in study C

Study

subjects

Type of resident C

Magnitude

of benefit % D

Type of

assessment E

Preferred

method

Country

of study

Uranus et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs,Ap

VR to Sim

Cs

62

Attendings/med students

NR

"Sig Better"

DO

Technology-VR

Austria

Wehrs

Clinical medicine

K,At,S,Ap

Trad to CAI

C,L

38

Attendings

NR

22

T,S

Technology

Germany

Casebeer

CME

K,S,Ap,Ac

Trad to WBL

C,R

210

Attendings

NR

15

T,S

Technology

USA

Short et al.

CME

K

Trad to CAI

C,R

52

Attendings

NR

NRA

S

Standard

USA

Butzlaff et al.

Clinical medicine

K,Ap,Ac

Trad to WBL

C,R

72

Attendings

NR

NA

T,S

No difference

Germany

Forester et al.

Basic science

K

Trad to WBL

C

477

Med students

NR

9

T,S

Technology

USA

Krippendorf

Basic science

K,S,Ap

Trad to CAI/VR

C,Cs

206

Med students

NR

2

T,S

Technology

USA

Hudson et al.

Basic science

K

Trad to CAI

C,R

100

Med students

NR

11

T,S

Technology

UK

Taradi et al.

Basic science

K,At,S,Ap,Ac

Trad to WBL

Cs

220

Med students

NR

10

T,S

Technology

Croatia

Thatcher

Basic science

K,At,S,Ap

Trad to CAI

Cs

22

Med students

NR

22

T,S

Technology

USA

McNulty

Basic science

K

Trad to CAI

Cs

130

Med students

NR

2

T,S, CL

Technology

USA

Noimark et al.

Clinical medicine

K

Trad to WBL

Cs

346

Med students

NR

15

T

Technology

UK

Leong et al.

Clinical medicine

K,S

Trad to CAI

Cs

379

Med students

NR

12

T,S

Technology

USA

Prinz

Clinical medicine

K

Trad to CAI

C,R

172

Med students

NR

7/16/19*

T,S

Technology

Austria

Degnan et al.

Clinical medicine

K

Trad to CAI

C,R

48

Med students

NR

NRA

DO,CL

Technology

UK

Burgess et al.

Clinical medicine

K,At,S,Ap,Ac

Trad to WBL

Cs

91

Med students

NR

NRA

S

Technology

UK

Vivekananda-Schmidt et al.

Clinical medicine

K,Cs,At,S,Ap

Trad to CAI

C,R,Cs

354

Med students

NR

"Sig better"

DO, S

Technology

UK

Callas et al.

Clinical medicine

S,Ap,Ac

Trad to WBL

Cs

903

Med students

NR

NRA

S

Technology

USA

Ganai et al.

Clinical Medicine

Cs

VR to Trad

C,R

19

Med students

NR

40

DO, T

Technology

USA

Duque et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Trad to WBL

C,L

100

Med students

NR

NRA

T,S

Technology

Canada

Stolz et al.

Clinical medicine

K,S,Ap,Ac

Trad to WBL

-

NR

Med students

NR

10

T,S

Technology

Germany

Duque et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs,At,S

Trad to WBL

C,R

133

Med students

NR

14

T,S,CKL

Technology

Canada

Vash et al.

Clinical medicine

K

VR to TRAD

C,R

48

Med students

NR

NRA

T

Technology (in 1/4 content areas)

Iran

Schilling et al.

Clinical medicine

K,S,Ap

Trad to WBL

C,R

238

Med students

NR

26/46*

T,S

Technology

USA

Roesch et al.

Clinical medicine

K,S

Trad to WBL

L

3050

Med students

NR

10

T,S

Technology

Germany

Ridgway et al.

Clinical medicine

K,S,Ap,Ac,At

Trad to WBL

Cs

88

Med students

NR

4/10*

T,S, CL

Technology

Ireland

Qayumi et al.

Clinical medicine

K,S,Cs,At,Ap,

Trad to CAI

C,R

99

Med students

NR

Sig improvement

T,S,DO

Technology

Japan

Shokar et al.

Clinical medicine

K,Cs

Trad to WBL

C

179

Med students

NR

5/4*

T,DO

Technology

USA

Glittenberg et al.

Clinical medicine

K,At,S

Trad to CAI

C,R

140

Med students

NR

17

T,S

Technology

Austria

Friedl et al.

Clinical medicine

K,Cs

Trad to CAI

C

195

Med students

Surg

15/18 Cs only

T,DO

Standard (no diff K, CAI > Cs)

Germany

Engum et al.

Clinical medicine

K,Cs,S

Trad to VR

C,R

163

Med students

NR

NRA

T,S, CKL

Standard

USA

Hariri et al.

Basic science

K,S

Sim to Trad

C,R

29

Med students

NR

NA

T,S

No difference

USA

Kumar et al.

Basic science

K,At,S,Ap,Ac

Trad to CAI

Cs

212

Med students

NR

NRA

S

Technology

Australia

Cox et al.

Clinical medicine

K,At,S

Trad to WBL

C,R

100

Med students

NR

NA

T,S

No difference

USA

Chou et al.

Clinical medicine

K

VR to Trad

C,R

16

Med students

NR

NA

CKL

No difference

USA

Hahne et al.

Clinical medicine

K,At,S

Trad to CAI

C,R

167

Med students

NR

NA

T,S

No difference

Germany

Curran et al.

Clinical medicine

K,Cs,At,S

Sim to Trad

C,R

60

Med students

NR

NA

T,S, CKL

No difference

Canada

Wahlgren et al.

Clinical medicine

K,At,S,Ap,Ac

Trad to CAI

C,R,L

116

Med students

NR

NA

T,S, CL

No difference

Sweden

Raij et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs,Ap

VR to Trad

C

82

Med students

NR

NA

S,CL

No difference

USA

Nackman et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Trad to WBL

Cs

198

Med students

NR

NA

T

No difference

USA

Karnath et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Trad to CAI

C,R

192

Med students

NR

NA

T

No difference

USA

Feeg et al.

Clinical medicine

K,At

Trad to CAI

C,R

125

Nurses

NR

10

T

Technology

USA

Anderson et al.

Clinical medicine

K,Cs

Trad to WBL

Cs

180

Nurses

NR

NA

S

No difference

USA

Dee et al.

Basic science

K

Trad to CAI

L

98

Other

NR

NRA

S

Technology

USA

Errichetti et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Trad to CAI

C,R

40

Med students

NR

NRA

CL

Technology

USA

Ryan et al.

Basic science

K

Trad to CAI

C

23

Med students

NR

NA

S

No difference

Ireland

Gold et al.

Basic science

K,S

Trad to CAI

C,R

138

Residents

Surg

NRA

T,S,CL

Technology

USA

Roche et al.

Basic science

K

Trad to CAI

C,R

38

Residents

Peds

11

T,S

Technology

USA

Gold et al.

Basic ccience

K,S

Trad to CAI

C,R

138

Residents

Surg

NRA

T,S,CL

Technology

USA

Barsuck et al.

Clinical medicine

K,Cs

Sim to Trad

Cs

72

Residents

NR

47/31*

T,CL

Technology

Israel

Xiao et al.

Clinical medicine

K,Cs

Trad to CAI/WBL

C,R,Cs

50

Residents

EM/Surg

41

CL

Technology

USA

Knoll et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Sim to Trad

C,R

30

Residents/attendings

GU

NRA

CL,CKL

Technology

Germany

Mahnke et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Trad to CAI

Cs

40

Residents

Peds

21

T

Technology

USA

Park et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Sim to Trad

C,R

24

Residents

IM/Surg

NRA

CL,CKL

Technology

Canada

Schijven et al.

Clinical medicine

K,S,Ap

VR to Trad

C

24

Residents

Surg

NRA

DO, S

Technology

Netherlands

Maiss et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Sim to Other

C,R

35

Residents

IM

NRA

CL

Technology

France

Jonas et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Sim to Trad

C,R

14

Residents/med students

Ophthal

NRA

CKL

Technology

Germany

Sedlack et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Sim to Trad

C

38

Residents

IM

NRA

S,CKL

Technology

USA

Corton et al.

Basic science

K,S,Ap

Trad to CAI

C,R,L

39

Residents

GYN

NA

T,S

No difference

USA

Jowett et al.

Clinical medicine

Cs

Trad to CAI

C,R,L

30

Residents

Surg

NA

T

No difference

Canada

Chung et al.

Clinical medicine

K

Trad to WBL

C,R,L

63

Residents

EM

NA

T,S,CL

No difference

USA

Davis et al.

Clinical medicine

K,At

Trad to CAI

C,R

55

Residents

NR residents

NA

T,S

No difference

UK

Ferguson et al.

Clinical medicine

K

Trad to WBL

O

19

Residents

Surg

NA

T,CL

No difference

USA

Bridgemohan et al.

Clinical medicine

K,At,S

Trad to CAI

R

46

Residents

Peds

NA

T,S

No difference

USA

  1. Legend: outcomes measured A
  2. Ac: Access (can students get to and use the learning material); Ap: Applicability (can you teach with this method); At: Attitude; Cs: Clinical Skills (e.g.: H+P skills, EKG, CXR interpretation); Cs: Cost; K: Knowledge retention/learning; O: Other; S: Satisfaction.
  3. Legend: study characteristics B
  4. C: Controlled (there was a control group); Cs: Cross sectional (single point in time); L: Longitudinal (more than one point in time); O: Other; R: Random (randomization of groups.)
  5. Legend: number of subjects in study/type of resident C
  6. NR: Not reported
  7. Legend: magnitude of benefit % D
  8. NRA: Not readily available; NA: Not applicable; * Multiple measurements
  9. Legend: type of assessment E
  10. DO: Direct observation; T: Test; S: Survey; CL: Computer log; CKL: Check list.