Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, via Pastore 1, Genoa I-16132, Italy.
BMC Med Educ. 2014 May 23;14:106. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-106.
International studies have shown that laboratory training, particularly through the application of the principles of simulation learning, is an effective means of developing the communication and gestural skills of healthcare professionals. At the Advanced Simulation Center of the University of Genoa we have therefore established the first clinical skill laboratory with medical school students and an interprofessional team of trainers, as the first step towards developing simulation training of both medical and nursing students at our University.The aim of this study was to assess student satisfaction with laboratory training in an Advanced Simulation Center.
All of the third-year students of the Medical School (n = 261) were invited to participate in the laboratory sessions at the Advanced Simulation Center. They were divided into groups and attended the Center for one week. The team of trainers included medical doctors and nurses involved in teaching at the University Medicine and Nursing programs. At the end of the week, the students were administered an anonymous questionnaire made up of two sections: the first one was on the content of individual laboratory sessions; the second on the training methods, materials used and the trainers. A five-point Likert scale was used to measure satisfaction.
According to the students all of the topics covered by the laboratory sessions were irreplaceable. Questionnaire results showed a high level of satisfaction with the methods used, the instruments developed, and with the expertise and approachability of the educators. Almost all of the students wanted to participate in similar laboratory activities in the future.
The study highlighted the need to permanently integrate laboratory training sessions into the curriculum of medical students, who found them very useful and stimulating. The limit of this study was that only the teaching staff was interprofessional, and the students were only 3rd Year students of medicine.In the future, we hope to include also nursing students because they will need to learn how to deal with aspects of their clinical practice that require an interprofessional approach.
国际研究表明,实验室培训,特别是通过模拟学习原则的应用,是培养医疗保健专业人员沟通和手势技能的有效手段。因此,在热那亚大学的高级模拟中心,我们建立了第一个有医学院学生和跨专业培训师团队参与的临床技能实验室,这是我们大学对医学生和护生进行模拟培训的第一步。本研究旨在评估学生对高级模拟中心实验室培训的满意度。
邀请所有三年级医学生(n=261)参加高级模拟中心的实验室课程。他们被分成小组,每周在中心上课。培训师团队包括参与大学医学和护理项目教学的医生和护士。在一周结束时,学生们接受了一份匿名问卷,问卷由两部分组成:第一部分是关于各个实验室课程的内容;第二部分是关于培训方法、使用的材料和培训师。采用五点李克特量表来衡量满意度。
根据学生的反馈,实验室课程涵盖的所有主题都是不可替代的。问卷调查结果显示,学生对所使用的方法、开发的仪器以及教育者的专业知识和亲和力高度满意。几乎所有的学生都希望将来能参加类似的实验室活动。
该研究强调了将实验室培训课程永久纳入医学生课程的必要性,学生们认为这些课程非常有用且具有启发性。本研究的局限性在于,只有教学人员是跨专业的,而且学生只是三年级的医学生。将来,我们希望能纳入护理学生,因为他们需要学习如何处理需要跨专业方法的临床实践方面的问题。