Review article
https://doi.org/10.21860/medflum2023_309427
Designing Classes for Medical Students with Little Experience in Simulation
Erika Šuper-Petrinjac
orcid.org/0000-0002-6374-8230
; Sveučilište u Rijeci, Medicinski fakultet, Katedra za anesteziologiju, reanimatologiju, hitnu i intenzivnu medicinu, Rijeka, Hrvatska
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Abstract
Designing a new course is a challenging process. Due to changes in the educational process for doctors in the Republic of Croatia an internship programme was no longer a part of training. The department of anaesthesiology, resuscitation, emergency and intensive care medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka was assigned to design and teach a new course – Simulation of clinical skills in the sixth year of study. Since the students did not previously have extensive experience in simulation, and at the same time they expressed the need to know how to manage a critically ill patients as doctors (which they will soon become), the development of the course presented a great challenge to the staff of the Department, despite their previous teaching experience. The course was developed by working in a team, considering local circumstances and the scarcity of students’ simulation experience. 5 large teaching topics were formed, and each individual topic was made a part of a puzzle that ultimately enables the successful treatment of patients through all steps, applying technical and non-technical skills. The course is regularly improved through minor changes in all aspects of it. The process of development and improvement of teaching over eight years is described.
Keywords
continuous assessment; flipped classroom; healthcare education; healthcare simulation: medical simulation; medical students
Hrčak ID:
309427
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Publication date:
1.12.2023.
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