Anesthesiology Teaching during Undergraduation through an Academic League: what is the Impact in Students' Learning?

Autor: Felipe Duarte Silva, Marcelo Luis Abramides Torres, Maria José Carvalho Carmona, Alan Saito Ramalho, Tatiana Barboza Kronemberger, Regina Albanese Pose, José Otávio Costa Auler
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Popis: SummaryBackground and objectivesAcademic leagues have been consolidated as instruments of medical teaching and for the introducing of medical students to practice of specialties, including anesthesiology. As the role of leagues in the development process of competencies and learning of their students is not well known, the learning of members of an anesthesiology academic league was evaluated after participating in its activities for one year.MethodStudents of an anesthesiology academic league were followed up from March to December 2010 and evaluated through objective cognitive tests of multiple choice applied before the beginning of activities and after their conclusion. Attendance in activities and epidemiologic profile of students were correlated with the tests results.ResultsTwenty medical students from 3rd to 6th year were analyzed, with an average age of 22.8 (21–26) years. The average participation in the proposed activities was 10.4/13 (80%). The average of right answers on the first test was 8.1/17 (47.6%), and 3rd year students had lower grades (p
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