Teaching medical students a clinical approach to altered mental status: simulation enhances traditional curriculum.

Conclusion Students who participated in a simulation exercise performed better on a knowledge-based test and reported increased comfort and perceived competence in their clinical approach to AMS. SBME shows significant promise for teaching clinical skills to medical students during pre-clinical curriculum. To access the supplementary material to this article please see Supplementary files under Article Tools online. PMID: 28166009 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Medical Education Online - Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Med Educ Online Source Type: research