School of Women and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, and Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Med Teach. 2010;32(7):e276-81. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.490279.
Increasing numbers of medical students in Australia and shorter paediatric hospitalisations require new and creative ways to teach clinical paediatric medicine. At the University of New South Wales, Sydney, we developed a programme involving well Kindergarten children visiting Sydney Children's Hospital to introduce medical students to clinical paediatric medicine.
The aim was to teach medical students how to engage children and gain their cooperation while performing paediatric examinations.
Eight sessions were conducted involving 240 Kindergarten students from seven local primary schools and 217 medical students. School children were escorted by medical students through five activities comprising examination of gross motor skills, testing visual acuity and otoscopy, measuring growth parameters, chest auscultation, pulse counting and blood pressure cuff inflation. Questionnaires were used to gather quantitative and qualitative evaluation data.
The programme achieved its main objective, with 94% of students rating highly their learning about interacting with children and appreciating the challenges in examining them. Medical students (94%), tutors (100%) and participating schools (100%) thought the programme should be continued.
This new, innovative programme involving well children introduces medical students to clinical paediatric medicine.
澳大利亚越来越多的医学生和更短的儿科住院时间要求采用新的和创造性的方法来教授临床儿科医学。在新南威尔士大学悉尼分校，我们开发了一个项目，让健康的幼儿园儿童参观悉尼儿童医院，让医学生接触临床儿科医学。
目的是教医学生如何与儿童互动并获得他们的合作，同时进行儿科检查。
共进行了 8 次活动，涉及来自 7 所当地小学的 240 名幼儿园学生和 217 名医学生。由医学生护送幼儿园儿童参加五项活动，包括检查大运动技能、测试视力和耳镜、测量生长参数、胸部听诊、脉搏计数和血压袖带充气。使用问卷收集定量和定性评估数据。
该项目达到了其主要目标，94%的学生高度评价他们在与儿童互动和了解检查他们的挑战方面的学习。医学生（94%）、导师（100%）和参与学校（100%）认为应继续开展该项目。
这个新的、创新的项目让健康的儿童接触临床儿科医学，让医学生了解临床儿科医学。
