Results of our 6-months training of ECG diagnosis for the first-year postgraduate medical trainees

We have conducted weekly 40-minute training session of ECG diagnosis for lst-year postgraduate medical trainees for 6 months. Their abilities to read ECGs were tested before and after training sessions. Before training (just after graduation from medical school) they were able to diagnose typical EC...

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Published inIgaku Kyoiku / Medical Education (Japan) Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 97 - 100
Main Authors IGA, Kanji, ISHIMARU, Hiroyasu, HATTA, Kazuhiro, NISHIMURA, Satoshi, IMANAKA, Takanobu, KUSUKAWA, Reizo
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan Society for Medical Education 1998
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electrocardiography
post-graduate medical education
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Summary:We have conducted weekly 40-minute training session of ECG diagnosis for lst-year postgraduate medical trainees for 6 months. Their abilities to read ECGs were tested before and after training sessions. Before training (just after graduation from medical school) they were able to diagnose typical ECGs if each tracing had only one abnormality and if enough time was given for interpretation. However, they frequently misdiagnosed even ECGs that they had correctly diagnosed on pre-tests if they were presented with many other ECGs and the time for interpretation was limited. Post-tests by students and teachers showed that our training of systematic and orderly reading of ECGs has enabled students to describe ECG findings fairly accurately but could not teach them to diagnose underlying cardiac disorders.
ISSN:0386-9644
2185-0453
DOI:10.11307/mededjapan1970.29.97