Dr. Martin Pusic (Columbia University) speaks about Learning Curves and Degradation of knowledge as it applies to medical education through his studies on medical education assessments and educational technology.
A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Learning Curves in Medical Education
1. Learning Curves for
Medical Education
Martin V. Pusic MD PhD
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Children’s Hospital of NY-Presbyterian
Columbia University
18. Ankle Radiology Example
• PERC collaborative project
• Div of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
– University of Toronto
– Columbia University
• Image Bank of 234 Ankle X-ray Cases
– Others in Development
29. 2 x 2 Table
Significant
Pathology
+
No
Pathology
--
User
Says +
a b a+b
User
Says --
c d c+d
a+c b+d a+b+c+d
30. Ankle Study
• Recruited broad
spectrum of subjects:
• All responses logged
in a MySQL database
Medical
Students
20
Residents 6
Fellows 12
PEM 5
Radiologists 3
31. Results
• Five institutions participated
• Took approximately 4 hours to complete all 234
• Overall Cohen’s Effect Size for the intervention
was 0.55 (95% CI: -0.4, 1.5)
32. Five Levels of Expertise
-.50.511.52
dPrime
MS RES FELLOW PEM RAD
33. Dilemma #2
How do we detect the learning that is
happening along the way?
34. Five Levels of Expertise
-.50.511.52
dPrime
MS RES FELLOW PEM RAD
46. Summary
• Roughly 2/3rd
follow the Thurstone Pattern
• Not all curves same form:
– Medical Students Shallow Curves
– Residents and Fellows Steepest
– Attendings Plateau
• Overall Education Management
• Individual Feedback
49. Ability to interpret heart sounds overAbility to interpret heart sounds over
time (Butterworth 1960)time (Butterworth 1960)
50. Outline
• Learning Curve General Principles
• Useful Parameters
• Medical Example of Learning Curves
• Examples abound
• Group vs. Individual Considerations
• Implications
• Trajectories more accurate representation
Notas del editor
Figure 1: The Thurstone learning curve where a measure of performance is graphed against time spent learning
Figure 1: The Thurstone learning curve where a measure of performance is graphed against time spent learning
For x-ray reading, lack of decline related to the quality of feedback on diagnoses provided in some clinical environments.