As generative artificial intelligence (AI), ChatGPT provides easy access to a wide range of information, including factual knowledge in the field medicine. Given that acquisition is basic determinant physicians' performance, teaching and testing different levels medical central task schools. To measure level responses, we compared performance with students progress test.A total 400 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) from test German-speaking countries were entered into ChatGPT's user interface...

As a non-invasive and readily available diagnostic tool, ultrasound is one of the most important imaging techniques in medicine. Ultrasound usually trained during residency preferable according to German Society Medicine (DEGUM) standards. Our curriculum calls for undergraduate training medical students their 4th year education. An explorative pilot study evaluated acceptance this teaching method, compared it other practical activities education at Muenster University.240 participated...

Tolerance of ambiguity, or the extent to which ambiguous situations are perceived as desirable, is an important component attitudes and behaviors medical students. However, few studies have compared this trait across years school. General practitioners considered a higher ambiguity tolerance than specialists. We between general designed cross-sectional study evaluate 622 students in first sixth academic years. with 30 practitioners. used inventory for measuring (IMA) developed by Reis...

Performance of sufficient cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by medical personnel is critical to improve outcomes during cardiac arrest. It has however been shown that even health care professionals possess a lack knowledge and skills in CPR performance. The optimal method for teaching remains unclear, data compares traditional instructional methods with newer modalities instruction are needed. We therefore conducted single blinded, randomised study involving students order evaluate the...

Bielefeld University’s “Digital Medicine” course enables students to design digital healthcare applications. This study evaluates the 2024 using items from German National Competency-Based Catalog of Learning Objectives (NKLM) and Aggregated Performance Gain (APG) method, its first published use in medicine education evaluations. While showed lower overall learning gains compared 2023 with improvements 6 out 19 (vs. 14 17 2023), relevant were noted NKLM-related goals, improving 9 11 items....

Auscultation torsos are widely used to teach position-dependent heart sounds and murmurs. To provide a more realistic teaching experience, both whole body auscultation mannequins have been in clinical examination skills training at the Medical Faculty of University Muenster since winter term 2008-2009. This has extended by simulated patients, which normal, healthy subjects who undergone attachment electronic components their chests mimic pathophysiological conditions ("hybrid models"). The...

Practicing evidence-based medicine is an important aspect of providing good medical care. Accessing external information through literature searches on computer-based systems can effectively achieve integration in clinical We conducted a pilot study using smartphones, tablets, and stationary computers as search devices at the bedside. The objective was to determine possible differences between various assess students' internet use habits. In randomized controlled study, 120 students were...

Inserting peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) has been identified as a core competency for medical students. Because the performance - even of hygienic standards both students and novice physicians is frequently inadequate, faculties must focus on competence-based learning objectives deliberate practice, features that are combined in mastery learning. Our aim was to determine inserting PVCs before after an educational intervention.This study comprised skills assessment with pre- post-tests...

Background and Objectives: Simulation-based learning within neurosurgery provides valuable realistic educational experiences in a safe environment, enhancing the current teaching model. Mixed reality (MR) simulation can deliver highly immersive experience through head-mounted displays has become one of most promising tools medical education. We aimed to identify whether an MR neurosurgical module setting undergraduate hands-on course could improve satisfaction students. Materials Methods:...

Background. Physicians and medical students may lack sufficient numeracy skills to make treatment decisions, interpret test results, practice evidence-based medicine. We evaluated whether the use of a tree diagram without numerical values as an aid for processing might improve students’ results when dealing with percentages. Methods. A prospective randomized study was carried out 102 third-year students. Participants received 3 diagnostic problems were asked determine positive predictive...

Context: Deficits in basic skill performance and long-term retention among medical students novice doctors are a persistent problem. This controlled study tested whether the addition of mastery learning component to simulation-based teaching is associated with peripheral venous catheter insertion.Methods: Fourth-year were assigned receive either control (simulation without learning, n = 131) or intervention + 133) instruction insertion. Performance was assessed at one year post-instruction....

Medical education research focuses on the development of efficient learning methods promoting acquisition student's knowledge and competencies. Evaluation any modification educational approaches needs to be evaluated accordingly a reliable effect size reached. Our aim is provide methodological basis calculate sizes from longitudinal progress test data that can used as reference values in further research. We longitudinally collected increasing medical students first fifth academic year....

Evaluation of the clinical course "Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy" employing standardized patients Objective: Since theWinter Term 2008/2009 theMedical School theUniversity ofMuenster, Germany, has used in "Psychosomatic Medicine with fourth-year undergraduate students performing bio-psycho-social anamnesis on these patients. We wanted to evaluate influence students' empathy. Methods: A total 107 participated patient program during Winter 2009/2010, 90 (84.1 %) completing Jefferson Scale...

BACKGROUND The 2010 Resuscitation Guidelines require high-quality chest compression and rapid defibrillation for patients with ventricular fibrillation rhythm analysis repeated every 2 min. A lack of adherence to the guidelines by medical students was observed during simulated resuscitation training. OBJECTIVES To assess whether real-time cardiopulmonary guidance, including an audiovisual countdown timer, a metronome, display quality voice prompts, might improve students. DESIGN Randomised...

To diagnose Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP), PCR testing in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid has recently become an alternative to immunofluorescence (IFT); however, its diagnostic accuracy is less clear.To analyze the value of a new semiquantitative real-time (RT-PCR) BAL real-life clinical setting.Retrospective analysis all RT-PCR results [semiquantitative: negative, weakly positive, and strongly positive; measured cycle thresholds (Ct)] period between 2010 2014. The diagnosis PCP...

Abstract Background The responsibility for helping patients understand potential health benefits and risks, especially regarding screening tests, falls largely to general practitioners (GPs). Berlin Numeracy Test (BNT) specifically measures risk literacy (i.e., the ability different aspects of statistical numeracy associated with accurate interpretation information about risks). This study explored association between levels clinical experience in GPs vs. medical students. Additionally,...

ABSTRACT For successful communication of risk-related disease and treatment modalities, sufficient competence in risk literacy is important. Medical students who will soon be the responsible role physicians need to comprehend numeric estimates probability order explain them understandably patients. Therefore, we have examined among German medical a cross-sectional study with 600 participants from first sixth year. Four hundred thirty-four complete datasets (72.35%) could retrieved. The...

Blended-learning in psychosomatics and psychotherapy - Increasing the satisfaction knowledge of students with a web-based e-learning tool Objectives: To improve synergy established methods teaching, Department Psychosomatics Psychotherapy, University Hospital Münster, developed elearning using video clips standardized patients. The effect this blended-learning approach was evaluated. Methods: A multiple-choice test performed by naive (without tool) an experimental (with cohort medical to...

Knowledge on predicting pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) contagiosity in the hospital admission setting is limited. The objective was to assess clinical and radiological criteria predict PTB contagiosity.Retrospective analysis of 7 clinical, 4 chest X-ray (CXR) 5 computed tomography (CT) signs 299 patients admitted an urban tertiary from 2008 2016. If acid fact bacilli stain positive (AFB+) admission, case considered high contagiosity.Best predictors for were haemoptysis (OR 4.33), cough (3.00),...

Resuscitation is a team effort, and it increasingly acknowledged that cooperation requires training. Staff shortages in many healthcare systems worldwide, as well recent pandemic restrictions, limit opportunities for collaborative To address this challenge, learner-centred approach known flipped learning has been successfully implemented. This model comprises self-directed, asynchronous pre-course learning, followed by knowledge application skill training during in-class sessions. The...

An integration of digital medicine into medical education can help future physicians shape the transformation medicine.

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> An integration of digital medicine into medical education can help future physicians shape the transformation medicine. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> We aim to describe and evaluate a newly developed course for teaching (the Bielefeld model) first time. <title>METHODS</title> The was held with undergraduate students at Medical School Ostwestfalen-Lippe University, Germany, in 2023 evaluated via pretest-posttest surveys. subjective objective achievement...