Validation and Testing of an E-Learning Module Teaching Core Urinary Incontinence Objectives in a Randomized Controlled Trial

Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
Candace Y Parker-AutryHolly E Richter

Abstract

To evaluate the efficacy of a urinary incontinence (UI) e-learning module (ELM) in undergraduate medical education. An ELM was developed and validated to teach on UI learning objectives. A 21-item assessment was developed to test knowledge gained. A randomized-controlled trial and parallel nested-cohort study were performed to test the effectiveness of the validated UI-ELM compared with standard methods of UI learning. Students were recruited and enrolled at the onset of their obstetrics and gynecology clerkship. Assignments to either a week-long rotation of gynecologic (GYN) or urogynecologic (UroGyn) surgery were made independent of the study protocol. On the GYN rotation, students were randomly assigned to the UI-ELM intervention or no intervention (control group). The nested-cohort comprised students assigned to the UroGyn rotation. Parametric statistics were applied assessing score changes between the UI-ELM versus control/UroGyn groups. Eighty-three students rotated between June 2015 and February 2016. Fifty-five were assigned to GYN and randomized: 35 UI-ELM versus 20 no intervention; 28 were assigned to UroGyn. Students randomized to the UI-ELM had greater score improvement compared with controls (between group differen...Continue Reading

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