Journal Club: Efficacy, benefits & challenges of simulation-based early clinical exposure - Video
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Overview
Authors from a recent study published in the Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology published by Scientific Scholar reveal that faculty members recognised the integration of simulation into early clinical exposure as a highly effective tool for enhancing the learning of basic sciences and fostering attitudes, ethics and professionalism in medical education.
Medical education in India has shifted to a learner-centric approach, with early clinical exposure (ECE) mandated for 1st -year medical students.
Implementing early clinical exposure in a clinical setting is challenging, leading to the adoption of simulation-based early clinical exposure. However, faculty perceptions of integrating simulation with early clinical exposure, especially for 1st -year undergraduates, remain understudied.
Hence this study was aimed to explore faculty perceptions of the feasibility, advantages and challenges of using simulations in early clinical exposure.
The authors conducted a qualitative study with intentional sampling where they interviewed 12 faculty members at a medical teaching institution using a topic guide. Thematic analysis was then performed on the data collected from the 12 interviews to identify the key themes and patterns.
The results showed that most of the faculty interviewed considered the use of simulation in early clinical exposure as an excellent adjunct to teaching in a clinical setting. However, the faculty also noted a few challenges, such as fidelity, time constraints and the ratio of students to faculty members, in implementing simulation-based - early clinical exposure.
Therefore, it was concluded that faculty members recognized the integration of simulation into early clinical exposure as a highly effective tool for enhancing the learning of basic sciences and fostering attitudes, ethics and professionalism in medical education, with the main challenge being the logistical demand for implementing simulation-based sessions.
Speakers
Dr. Nandita Mohan is a practicing pediatric dentist with more than 5 years of clinical work experience. Along with this, she is equally interested in keeping herself up to date about the latest developments in the field of medicine and dentistry which is the driving force for her to be in association with Medical Dialogues. She also has her name attached with many publications; both national and international. She has pursued her BDS from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore and later went to enter her dream specialty (MDS) in the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry from Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences. Through all the years of experience, her core interest in learning something new has never stopped. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751