title: Advanced trauma life support: assessment of cognitive achievement.
abstract: One hundred fifteen physicians participating in advanced trauma life support (ATLS) training courses had entry (pre-test) and exit (post-test) level knowledge compared. There was significant improvement for the overall group mean score from the pre-test to post-test (p = 0.0001). Comparisons revealed significant differences for pre-test and post-test scores by practice specialty and level of training. Residents in training had significantly higher scores for both pre-test (p = 0.0177) and post-test (p = 0.0024) than did the practicing physician group. No significant differences were detected in the cognitive achievement between the residents according to practice specialty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Practice, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Girdley
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bowman
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education*; D013038:Specialization; D014922:Wisconsin; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*