Participants and setting
DISEASE, EMERGENCY, ACUTE ASTHMA
We conducted this prospective, randomized, non-blinded study during the academic year 2015–2016 in the ED simulation laboratory of the ED of Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital according to the ICH-GCP guidelines (International Conference on Harmonisation-Good Clinical Practice) as well as the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethics approval was obtained from the Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital Ethics Committee. The study population included final-year medical students rotating through a 4-week Emergency Medicine attachment as part of their final-year medicine curriculum. The sample was convenience-based. Following informed consent, each group was randomized to one of two teaching methods: high fidelity simulation-based training (HFS group) or interactive video case challenge (IVC group). The topic was the management of an acute asthma patient at the ED. Each method of this teaching session was carefully prepared to give the same key concepts to allow the student to recognize the severity of the disease and manage the patients according to the current guidelines [