Military medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
The effects of a human patient simulator vs. a CD-ROM on performance.
Military health care personnel need to have skills relative to caring for patients on the battlefield. No studies have compared the two teaching strategies of using the human patient simulator (HPS) and a CD-ROM in caring for combat injuries. The objective of this study was to determine if there were statistically significant differences in HPS and CD-ROM educational strategies relative to caring for patients who have trauma. ⋯ In this study, the HPS method of instruction was a more effective method of teaching than the CD-ROM approach.