Experience of medical students in pediatric emergency simulation at King Abdulaziz University Hospital-Jeddah

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the learning experience of undergraduate medical students during running a pediatric emergency scenario.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Clinical Skills & Simulation Center in King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in the academic year 2015-2016. The sample was comprised of all 5th year medical students (n= 179; 80 males and 99 females) studying at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia who are exposed to Simulation-Based Learning (SBL). To gain a better understanding of students’ satisfaction about simulation-based learning, a self-developed questionnaire on a Likert scale that indicated degrees of satisfaction was used to assess most of the dimensions in the questionnaire.

Results: All students responded positively, reporting that the simulation session provided realistic scenarios with good-quality briefing, debriefing, and an overall excellent learning experience with mean score (4.35±0.92).

Conclusion: Although there were few challenges, 57% of the students strongly agreed that simulation must be part of the undergraduate curriculum (question 9 table 2).