The teaching of first aid from the perspective of a problem-oriented curriculum

Abstract

Objective: Identifying and describing the knowledge of graduate students of the first semester of medicine and nursing course at a Brazilian College, related to the subject of first aid before and after the conduct of training guided by active methods of teaching-learning. Method: this research is a quasiexperimental type pre-test/post-test, conducted in a Brazilian city in 2009. The sample was nonprobabilistic and included 110 students who were enrolled in that series of both courses. There was used a pre-test/post-test consisting of closed questions. Data were analyzed using descriptive parametric statistics. Results: among the participants, 35 students were enrolled in nursing course and 75 in the medicine course, with an average age of 24 years old. There was a significantly higher score on the posttest compared to the pre-test. Conclusion: the training showed up as a valid strategy for the training of graduate students. It is suggested its dissemination beyond the academic realm.