A randomized controlled trial comparison of PTEBL and traditional teaching methods in “Stop the Bleed” training

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Demographic data of participants

	Overall (n = 153)	PTEBL method (n = 77)	Traditional method (n = 76)	P value
Age, mean ± SD	20.6 ± 0.7	20.7 ± 0.8	20.5 ± 0.7	0.489
Female sex	53.6% (82/153)	53.2% (41/77)	53.9% (41/76)	0.931
No experience in stopping the bleed^a	41.2% (63/153)	45.5% (35/77)	36.8% (28/76)	0.279
Minimal basic training in hemorrhage control techniques^a	58.8% (90/153)	54.5% (42/77)	63.2% (48/76)	0.279

^aAll students were considered to have no good training experience in hemostasis techniques

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