TY - JOUR T1 - Development and evaluation of an online medication safety module for medical students at a rural teaching hospital: the Winchester District Memorial Hospital JF - BMJ Open Quality JO - BMJ Open Qual DO - 10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001385 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - e001385 AU - Ali Elbeddini AU - Yasamin Tayefehchamani Y1 - 2021/05/01 UR - http://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/10/2/e001385.abstract N2 - Objective To design, implement and assess an online learning module for third-year and fourth-year medical students addressing medication safety.Design This study was a prospective, parallel, open-label, randomised controlled trial with two arms: (1) a control arm in which students were given five articles to read about medication safety, and (2) an intervention arm in which students were given access to an interactive web-based learning module on medication safety. Pretesting and post-testing were done online to evaluate change in medication safety knowledge.Results Ten students completed the study in the intervention group (online module) and six students completed the study in the control group. The increase in score obtained on the post-test, relative to the pretest, was 15.4% in the group who completed the online module and 2.0% in the control group (difference=13.4%, 95% CI 0.5% to 26.2%, p=0.04).Conclusion Students who completed an online educational tool about medication safety demonstrated a significantly greater increase in knowledge than those who completed a few readings. Online learning modules can be a convenient and effective means of teaching safe prescribing concepts to medical trainees.No data are available. ER -