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Teaching the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale to Paramedics (E-Learning vs Video): Randomized Controlled Trial

Published inJournal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 22, no. 6, e18358
Publication date2020
Abstract

Prompt and accurate identification of stroke victims is essential to reduce time from symptom onset to adequate treatment and to improve neurological outcomes. Most neurologists evaluate the extent of neurological deficit according to the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), but the use of this scale by paramedics, the first healthcare providers to usually take care of stroke victims, has proven unreliable. This might be, at least in part, due to the teaching method. The video used to teach NIHSS lacks interactivity, while more engaging electronic learning (e-learning) methods might improve knowledge acquisition.

Keywords
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Allied Health Personnel/education
  • Computer-Assisted Instruction/methods
  • Education, Distance/methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
  • Stroke/therapy
  • United States
  • Young Adult
  • Active learning
  • Electronic learning
  • Video
  • Stroke
  • Online learning
  • E-learning
Citation (ISO format)
KOKA, Avinash et al. Teaching the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale to Paramedics (E-Learning vs Video): Randomized Controlled Trial. In: Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020, vol. 22, n° 6, p. e18358. doi: 10.2196/18358
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.jmir.org/2020/6/e18358/
Journal ISSN1438-8871
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