Advanced trauma life support: assessment of cognitive achievement.
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.
Girdley
F M
FM
Department of Family Medicine and Practice, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706.
Cohen
D J
DJ
Birnbaum
M L
ML
Bowman
R M
RM
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*