THE IMPACT OF CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION SIMULATION SOFTWARE ON THE KNOWLEDGE AND PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Considering that the most important mission of medical schools is to train qualified
and skilled physicians in the field of health services Whereas students with proper knowledge of the
diagnosis of illness and its treatment, as well as the ability in the field of scientific and clinical skills,
can properly conduct their studies after completing their education; Therefore, the accurate and proper
planning in the field of clinical education in creating the capability and acquiring the necessary skills in
the students of this field includes an important part of medical education. The purpose of this study was
to investigate the effect of cardiopulmonary resuscitation simulation software on the knowledge and
practice of medical students during emergency medicine.
Materials & Methods: The method of this study was applied and its method was pretest-posttest with
control group. Sampling method was random. The statistical population of this study is all medical
students of emergency medicine internship of Urmia University of Medical Sciences. In this study, the
first two groups, the students were selected as interns in July and August 2016 as the control group or
the control group, and the next two groups, ie internship students in Shahrivar and October 2016, were
selected as the experimental group. In this research, two theoretical tests including: 36 questions of the
four choices that assessed the knowledge and ability to diagnose the disease, the students were assessed
and the practical test included: 10 questions related to the practical test, which was provided by the
checklist and asked students who will do each item.
Result: The findings of this study showed that the mean of functional learning score and diagnostic
ability in the experimental group was more than control and the effect of software was confirmed
(P=0.148). However, there was no significant difference between students' knowledge scores between
the control and experimental groups (P = 0.001).
Conclusion: Using the cardiopulmonary resuscitation simulator software can create an effective and
effective learning environment by creating a safe and stressful environment as a complementary method
to traditional education. Students can also simulate their ability to recognize and learn their practical
skills by rehearsing and practicing emergency situations simulated by this method. But the use of
simulations did not affect students' knowledge. But the use of simulations did not affect students'
knowledge. Perhaps the reason for this was simply the practice of the software and the increase of
knowledge in real and practical situations, with the explanations and tips of the professors.