Teaching Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS): A nationwide retrospective analysis of 8202 lessons taught in Germany

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• 作者：Markus M. Luedi ; MD^* ; ¹ ; Christoph C. Wö ; lfl ; MD ; PhD^&dagger ; ; ¹ ; Katharina Wieferich ; BSc^&Dagger ; ; Agron Dogjani ; MD^§ ; ; Peter Kauf ; PhD^║ ; ^¶ ; ; Dietrich Doll ; MD ; PhD ; LTCOL^&Dagger ; ; ^dolld@gmx.de ; ^{dietrich.doll@kk-om.de}
• 关键词：resuscitation ; Advanced Trauma Life support care ; education ; training ; quality control
• 刊名：Journal of Surgical Education
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January-February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：74
• 期：1
• 页码：161-166
• 全文大小：695 K
• 卷排序：74

文摘

To examine whether faculty who teach the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course would improve with experience and, correspondingly, ratings from course evaluations would increase.DesignRetrospective analysis of student evaluations of 262 ATLS courses held between 2008 and 2012.SettingAll ATLS courses held between 2008 and 2012 nationwide in Germany.ParticipantsAll ATLS student course evaluations covering 8202 lessons, 81 instructors, 36 course directors, and 5 coordinators.ResultsATLS courses in Germany attained high levels of student satisfaction. Satisfaction levels increased steadily over the 5-year period studied. The entire staff influenced this finding. Teaching quality improved the most within the first 100 lessons taught. Skill stations received better evaluations than lectures, and local courses were less satisfactory than national course formats. The 2 demonstrations that open the course were the top rated events. Skill stations, including a human phantom, were highly rated; the cricothyrotomy station was top rated.ConclusionThe German ATLS course evaluations indicated steady improvement over the 5-year study. The level of experience of course coordinators, directors, and instructors influenced this finding. Teaching quality improved most within the first 100 lessons taught, and then reached a steady state. Skill stations received better evaluations than lectures, and local courses were less satisfactory than national course formats.