Participants
respiratory distress
MAY
A total of 325 students (175 medical students, 150 nurse students) were recruited to participate in the trial. All medical students were in their fifth year of studies at the University of Eastern Finland and participated in an eight-week paediatric course implemented between August 2021 and May 2022. Additionally, paramedic nurse (annual courses from one to four) students from the Savonia University of Applied Sciences in Kuopio (Finland) participated in the study during their paediatric course at the same time as the medical students. Both medical and nurse student groups were invited to participate in this randomized controlled trial. In this study, we refer to these professional groups as medical students and nurse students.The participants were randomized into four groups: classroom teaching, streamed teaching, podcast and vodcast groups (Fig. All fifth-year medical students (n = 175) and all nurse students from each of the four classes (n = 150) were asked to participate in the study. Participation in the study was voluntary, but the examined teaching was a part of the medical students’ curriculum concerning respiratory distress in children.