TEACHING EMERGENCY CARE THROUGH USING LOGIC GAMES METHOD IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE DISCIPLINE OF FAMILY MEDICINE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/me.2414-5998.2019.1.10097Keywords:
crossword puzzles, students, family medicine, emergency care, innovative teaching methodsAbstract
The aim of the work – to evaluate the efficacy of using logic games method as the students’ independent work during the study of the discipline of Family Medicine.
The main body. A logic game method (crossword puzzle) was used in the research to prepare for the topic “Organization of emergency care in the practice of a family doctor. Emergency aid that to be provided by the family doctor in case of sudden death at a prehospital stage” in the 6th year students who studied the subject “Family medicine”. 56 students participated in the research were divided into 2 groups: the group 1 (25 students) was preparing for the class, using only methodological recommendations, the group 2 (31 students) in addition to the methodological recommendations received a crossword with 30 questions on the relevant topic composed by the staff of the department. The crossword puzzle was given 1 day prior to the topic in order to direct the students attention to important details during the preparation for the lesson, e.g. etiology, drugs and their dosage, features of the ECG. At the lesson, “cases” on the topic with questions without the suggested possible answers were given to both groups. The obtained results revealed an increase in the progress of the students of the group 2 in comparison with the students of the group 1.
Conclusions. On the one hand, the use of logic games method helps to increase the active component of learning and add positive emotions to the learning process. This, in turn, promotes a better assimilation of the gained knowledge. On the other hand, this technique helps to focus attention to remember the terms and drug names with accurate dosages, which is important in the doctor practice.
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