Navigating Through Electronic Health Records: Survey Study on Medical Students’ Perspectives in General and With Regard to a Specific Training

• DOI: 10.2196/12648
• Publication Date: 2019-08-19T22:47:19Z
• Authors: Anne Herrmann-Werner; Martin Holderried; Teresa Loda; Nisar Malek; Stephan Zipfel; Friederike Holder...
• Keywords: Original Paper; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 4. Education; 3. Good health

An electronic health record (EHR) is the state-of-the-art method for ensuring all data concerning a given patient are up to date use by multidisciplinary hospital teams. Therefore, medical students need be trained information technologies within this environment from early stages of their education.As little known about effects specific training curriculum, study aimed develop course module and evaluate it offer best practice teaching today's students. Moreover, we looked at acceptance new such as EHRs.Fifth-year (N=104) University Tübingen took part in standardized two-day procedure advantages risks EHR use. After training, performed own entries on hypothetical cases safe environment. In addition, questionnaires-standardized with open-ended questions-were administered assess students' experiences module, newly developed simulator, technology, attitudes toward before after training.After teaching, rated benefit knowledge significantly higher than session (mean 3.74, SD 1.05). However, they also had doubts long-term EHRs coworking 1.96, 0.65). The special simulation software was helpful preparing (88/102, 86.2%), but still did not feel aspects EHR.A simulated using helped improve become more aware challenges system. Overall, welcomed supported integration into curriculum. Further studies needed optimize modules make feedback opportunities system offers.