ERIC Number: EJ1147005
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Aug
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End-Task Versus In-Task Feedback to Increase Procedural Learning Retention during Spinal Anaesthesia Training of Novices
Lean, Lyn Li; Hong, Ryan Yee Shiun; Ti, Lian Kah
Advances in Health Sciences Education, v22 n3 p713-721 Aug 2017
Communication of feedback during teaching of practical procedures is a fine balance of structure and timing. We investigate if continuous in-task (IT) or end-task feedback (ET) is more effective in teaching spinal anaesthesia to medical students. End-task feedback was hypothesized to improve both short-term and long-term procedural learning retention as experiential learning promotes active learning after encountering errors during practice. Upon exposure to a 5-min instructional video, students randomized to IT or ET feedbacks were trained using a spinal simulator mannequin. A blinded expert tested the students using a spinal anaesthesia checklist in the short term (immediate) and long-term (average 4 months). Sixty-five students completed the training and testing. There were no differences in demographics of age or gender within IT or ET distributions. Both short-term and long-term learning retention of spinal anaesthesia ET feedback proved to be better (P < 0.01) than IT feedback. The time taken for ET students was shorter at long-term testing. End-task feedback improves both short-term and long-term procedural learning retention.
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Anesthesiology, Retention (Psychology), Training, Novices, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Video Technology, Medical Students, Medical Education, Simulation
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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