An instructional program to facilitate teaching joint/soft-tissue injection and aspiration
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Scott A. Vogelgesang; Theresa M. Karplus; Clarence D. Kreiter
- Source
- Journal of General Internal Medicine. 17:441-445
- Subject
- Program evaluation
medicine.medical_specialty
Knee Joint
Shoulder Joint
business.industry
Teaching
medicine.medical_treatment
Internship and Residency
Soft tissue
Arthrocentesis
Suction
Injections, Intra-Articular
Internal Medicine
Physical therapy
medicine
Humans
Program development
Clinical Competence
Program Development
Clinical competence
Innovations in Education and Clinical Practice
business
Educational program
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Program Evaluation
- Language
- ISSN
- 1525-1497
0884-8734
OBJECTIVE: We developed an instructional program to teach aspiration and injection techniques of the knee and shoulder to medical students and residents. METHODS: Residents and fourth-year medical students participating in a rheumatology elective were assigned by deterministic allocation into 3 groups: the Traditional group received no specific instruction in arthrocentesis but simply rotated through rheumatology, learning injection techniques only if they saw patients who required them; the Lecture-only group received only the didactic lecture and did not have the opportunity to practice on the models; the Program group participated in the newly developed program of instruction that combined a didactic lecture and a hands-on workshop using the anatomic models to practice arthrocentesis techniques. RESULTS: The scores on the written examination for those in the Program group (mean score 37.46 out of 40 possible) and the Lecture-only group (mean 37.75) were significantly higher than those of the Traditional group (mean 33.15) (P