title: [PHTLS team course: a pilot project. Structured student education in prehospital care of severely injured patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The training of medical school students at the University of Heidelberg seems to be improvable regarding prehospital trauma treatment compared to an established anaesthesiology-based training for medical emergencies. This study addresses the current situation and possibilities for advancing this training.
  
  
  METHODS
  A baseline was set by interviews of the medical school students. Based on this the hypothesis was postulated that there is a deficit in the education of the medical school students concerning the training in prehospital trauma treatment. This was proved by questionnaires given to the students in the 7th and 8th semesters at the University of Heidelberg Medical School. The results were evaluated and a possible approach for improvement was developed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 111 questionnaires could be evaluated. It could be shown that the existing education was not effectual and that there is a need for a praxis-orientated 1-day course in prehospital trauma treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Especially the treatment of multiply injured patients is a challenge for young medical professionals. However, there is a high motivation to learn and train in emergency medicine. The students long for a practical trauma course compared to the advanced medical CPR course provided by the Department of Anaesthesiology of the University of Heidelberg. Those algorithm-based trauma courses do exist with PHTLS® and ATLS®. Based on these courses we developed the PHTLS® TEAM course.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Ludwig-Guttmann-Straße 13, 67071 Ludwigshafen. cwoelfl@bgu-ludiwgshafen.de
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Woelfl
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guehring
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moghaddam
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gliwitzky
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schaedler
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Gruetzner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riess
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education*