J Trauma
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J Trauma
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Comparison of performance of interns completing the old (1993) and new interactive (1997) Advanced Trauma Life Support courses.
The 1997 edition of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course emphasized interactivity as its major change. The impact of this change is assessed in this study. ⋯ Using standard ATLS pass criteria, performance after the new and old ATLS courses was similar. Superior performances were measured using OSCE methodology for clinical trauma management skills after the new compared with the old ATLS course in this population of interns.