title: A comparison of experiences of training emergency care in military exercises and competences among conscript nurses with different levels of education.
abstract: The military emergency care education of nurses is primarily concerned with the treatment of soldiers with combat-related injuries. Even though great progress has been made in military medicine, there is still the pedagogical question of what emergency care education for military nurses should contain and how it should be taught. The aim of this study was to describe and compare experiences of training emergency care in military exercises among conscript nurses with different levels of education. A descriptive study was performed to describe and compare experiences of training emergency care in military exercises among conscript nurses with different levels of education in nursing. There were statistical differences between nurses with general nursing education and nurses with a general nursing education and supplementary education. A reasonable implication of the differences is that the curriculum must be designed differently depending on the educational background of the students. Hence, there is an interaction between background characteristics, e.g., the level of previous education and differences pertaining to clinical experience of the participants, and the impact of the exercise itself.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Sciences, Linköpings University, 58183 Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Odén
authors.forename: Lars-Owe
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Dahlgren
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sjöström
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008887:Military Medicine; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000193:education*; D008889:Military Personnel; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*