Board #228 - Program Innovation Focused Simulation Scenarios with Pre-clinical Medical Students (Submission #8716).

Conclusion: In Spring 2014, 535 students submitted evaluations, with 523 students providing usable data on participation, degree that objectives were met and quality of feedback. Students generally ranked facilitators as excellent (average 93%). They noted regular opportunity to report findings to the facilitator (average 30%). At the conclusion, a short anonymous survey with Likert scale questions to query the extent of agreement or degree of comfort that a session in the Sim Lab may have had upon clinical skills and subsequent patient encounters. Of the 68 students providing detailed data, 34% strongly agreed and 47% agreed that simulation sessions provided them with practice in reporting of findings. Following their session in the Sim Lab, students reported greater comfort in seeing patients at Grenada General Hospital. In hearing heart sounds, breath sounds, and performing a focused exam, 46%, 53% and 66% respectively felt somewhat comfortable. One limitation was the low-response rate by students at end of term (13%). A future challenge will be to continue providing simulation sessions that contribute toward student success on USMLE exams and encourage safe, ethical patient care during clinical rotations, given the unknown availability of appropriate facilitators and external support. References: 1. McCann TJ, Speake JR, Louison ML, et al. Streamlined simulation scenarios to enhance doctor-patient interaction and auscultation skills for pre-clinical medical students. Invi...
Source: Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare - Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Abstracts: 1st PLACE AWARD WINNER: PDF Only Source Type: research