Modeling and Comparing Nurse and Physician Trauma Assessment Skills.

This article describes the Methodology for Annotated Skill Trees (MAST), a skill-modeling framework that facilitates the creation of descriptive and rule-based content that supports skill acquisition. This framework is used to generate models of trauma assessment skills from two existing curricula: Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and the Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC). Key differences between these curricula's teaching methods for the same procedure and skill are highlighted through the use of the model framework. The framework comparison provides insight into the underlying teaching approach and highlights the fact that some skills are not represented in medical education materials. PMID: 29635552 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research