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. 2020 Jun 13;10(3):e103148.
doi: 10.5812/aapm.103148. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Attitudes of Anesthesiology Residents Toward a Small Group Blended Learning Class

Ali Dabbagh  1 , Parissa Sezari  2 , Soodeh Tabashi  2 , Ardeshir Tajbakhsh  2 , Nilofar Massoudi  2 , Maryam Vosoghian  2 , Mohammadreza Moshari  2 , Alireza Jaffari  2 , Navid Nooraei  2 , A Sassan Sabouri  3 , Seyedpouzhia Shojaei  2 , Sara Salarian  2
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Attitudes of Anesthesiology Residents Toward a Small Group Blended Learning Class

Ali Dabbagh et al. Anesth Pain Med. .

Abstract

Background: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has been used to evaluate the residents' competency; however, the thriving of residents needs especial training methods and techniques. Small group learning has been used for this propose.

Objectives: This study assessed the attitudes of CA-1 to CA-3 anesthesiology residents toward level-specific small-group blended learning.

Methods: Anesthesiology residents from Department of Anesthesiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran participated in this cross-sectional attitude assessment descriptive-analytical study throughout the 2nd academic semester (May-October 2019). They took part in a level-specific small-group blended learning program and filled out an attitude assessment questionnaire. The questionnaire included eight closed questions and was filled out anonymously.

Results: The residents believed that this program made important contributions to their theory training and clinical skills of anesthesia; while created a greater sense of solidarity. In addition, nearly the majority of the respondents did not believe that participating in the classes made interference in their clinical duties or was a difficult task. Instead, the majority of residents believed that these classes were in favor of reducing their burnout. The reliability of the questionnaire based on Cronbach's Alpha was 0.885.

Conclusions: Anesthesiology residents are in favor of small-group learning, especially when considering their clinical setting and the degree of burnout they tolerate.

Keywords: Anesthesiology; Attitude Assessment; Education; Residency Program; Small Group.

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Conflict of Interests: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

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