title: Students' satisfaction to hybrid problem-based learning format for basic life support/advanced cardiac life support teaching.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Students are exposed to basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) training in the first semester in some medical colleges. The aim of this study was to compare students' satisfaction between lecture-based traditional method and hybrid problem-based learning (PBL) in BLS/ACLS teaching to undergraduate medical students.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a questionnaire-based, cross-sectional survey among 118 1st-year medical students from a university medical college in the city of New Delhi, India. We aimed to assess the students' satisfaction between lecture-based and hybrid-PBL method in BLS/ACLS teaching. Likert 5-point scale was used to assess students' satisfaction levels between the two teaching methods. Data were collected and scores regarding the students' satisfaction levels between these two teaching methods were analysed using a two-sided pairedt-test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most students preferred hybrid-PBL format over traditional lecture-based method in the following four aspects; learning and understanding, interest and motivation, training of personal abilities and being confident and satisfied with the teaching method (P< 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Implementation of hybrid-PBL format along with the lecture-based method in BLS/ACLS teaching provided high satisfaction among undergraduate medical students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Geetanjali
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chilkoti
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Medha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohta
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rachna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wadhwa
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Ashok Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Chhavi Sarabpreet
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Neelima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shankar
keywords: Basic life support/advanced cardiac life support teaching; hybrid problem-based learning; problem-based learning; satisfaction