Open AccessTop Three Learning Platforms for Orthopaedic In-Training Knowledge Produce Different Results
Author(s) -
Adam Margalit,
Patrick J. Mixa,
Louis M. Day,
Majd Marrache,
Stuart Mitchell,
Krishna V. Suresh,
Kevin Wang,
Samir Sabharwal,
Tuo Peter Li,
Alexander E. Loeb,
Qais Naziri,
R. Frank Henn,
Dawn M. LaPorte
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the american academy of orthopaedic surgeons. global research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.358
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2474-7661
DOI - 10.5435/jaaosglobal-d-21-00148
Subject(s) - medicine , bivariate analysis , test (biology) , physical therapy , orthopedic surgery , surgery , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , biology
Objective: To compare the influence of objective and subjective measures of the three learning programs (OrthoBullets [OB], ResStudy [RS], and Clinical Classroom [CC]) on resident test performance and study platform preference. Methods: Sixty residents from three orthopaedic residencies were included in this study during May 2020. Trauma, pediatrics, and hip/knee reconstruction (joints) were chosen as testing topics. Residents took a standardized pretest of 30 questions per topic, followed by the completion of 50 questions per day for 5 days using one of the three web-based programs, followed by a standardized subject-specific posttest. This cycle was repeated for all the three topics. Bivariate statistics and a mixed-effects linear regression model were used to compare improvements in the scores. Results: Across all learning platforms, topics, and postgraduate year classes, posttest scores were 4.4% higher than the pretest score (73.3% vs. 68.9%, P < 0.001): 6.8% higher with OB, 5.4% with RS, and 1.0% with CC. The score improvement with OB was significantly greater than the score improvement with CC ( P < 0.001). In total, 100% of residents reported that using OB would improve their score on the orthopaedic in-training examination, compared with 95% with RS and 67% with CC. Conclusion: OB demonstrated the greatest improvement in scores, followed closely by RS and then CC.