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

  • Dr. Manal Ahmed Mohammed Halwani Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Consultant in King Abdulaziz University Hospital - Jeddah, KSA
Keywords: Simulation, simulation based-learning (SBL), pediatric emergency simulation, medical student, Clinical Skills & Simulation Center (CSSC)

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).

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Dr. Manal Ahmed Mohammed Halwani. Experience of medical students in pediatric emergency simulation at King Abdulaziz University Hospital-Jeddah. Med. res. chronicles [Internet]. 2019Aug.31 [cited 2024Mar.29];6(4):229-33. Available from: https://medrech.com/index.php/medrech/article/view/392
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