title: [Effectiveness of Trauma Evaluation and Management course for Mexican senior medical students: When to implement it?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Trauma Evaluation and Management course was designed to develop trauma cognitive skills in senior medical students. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated in many regions, except in Latin America, where it has been poorly studied. The objective was to determine the Trauma Evaluation and Management course effectiveness, and whether greater effectiveness is achieved in basic- or clinic-cycle students, as well as student perception.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive, observational, longitudinal and prospective study. Two tests were performed, pre- and post-course; the manual was read by the students prior to both tests. Students were divided into 2 groups: group A (consisting of 71 basic-cycle medical students) and group B (consisting of 44 clinical-cycle medical students).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Group A achieved a 2.45 increase (p<0.01) in the post-course evaluation compared with pre-course test. Group B increased the mean score by 2.25 (p>0.05) from pre- to post-course tests. There was a significant difference between groups in both evaluations (pre-course test p<0.01 and post-course test p>0.05), with no difference in improvement (p>0.05). Using a questionnaire, 92.17% of the students totally agreed that the course improved their trauma knowledge, 76.52% that it increased their trauma clinical skills, with 94.78% being totally satisfied with the course, and 86.09% totally agreed that Trauma Evaluation and Management course should be in Medicine curriculum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Trauma Evaluation and Management course improves trauma cognitive skills, and undergraduate medical students in Mexico broadly accept it.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delgado-Reyes
authors.affiliation: Clínica de Medicina Familiar Aragón. Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, México, Distrito Federal, México. Electronic address: oogg1708@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Oscar Octavio
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Gasca-González
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Juárez de México, Secretaría de Salud, México, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delgado-Guerrero
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: Wulfrano
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Reyes-Arellano
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D019468:Disease Management; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D013997:Time Factors; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education*
keywords: Curriculum; Currículo; Educación; Education; Trauma