Maurice James, Wood Eleanor, Jack Katherine
Gastroenterology Department, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK.
Clin Teach. 2014 Oct;11(6):416-20. doi: 10.1111/tct.12172.
[Is] the endoscopy simulator a popular and effective novel approach to teaching? Medical simulation can bridge the educational gap between the classroom and the clinical environment, and is an established tool in teaching aspects of the undergraduate curriculum. We have investigated whether the endoscopy simulator is a popular and effective novel approach to teaching some of the year-3 gastroenterology learning objectives.
Feedback questionnaires were collected over two terms for tutorials on upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and diarrhoea designed around the endoscopy simulator.
Both tutorials received uniformly positive feedback from the students who attended: 26/26 (100%) and 14/14 (100%) students stated that the upper GI bleeding and diarrhoea tutorials, respectively, had been enjoyable, improved their knowledge of the causes of the condition and had been useful in meeting the learning objectives; 26/26 (100%) and 13/14 (93%) students found the tutorials useful in improving knowledge on clinical management. Popular aspects of the sessions included the relevance to the curriculum and interactive nature of the teaching. Small class sizes were preferred.
Endoscopy simulators can be a novel and effective teaching tool for undergraduates. Hospitals with this resource should consider broadening its application to include teaching students.
内镜模拟器是一种流行且有效的新型教学方法吗？医学模拟可以弥合课堂与临床环境之间的教育差距，并且是本科课程教学方面的一种既定工具。我们研究了内镜模拟器是否是一种流行且有效的新型教学方法，用于教授三年级胃肠病学的一些学习目标。
围绕内镜模拟器设计的上消化道（GI）出血和腹泻教程在两个学期内收集了反馈问卷。
两个教程都从参加的学生那里得到了一致的积极反馈：26/26（100%）和14/14（100%）的学生分别表示上消化道出血和腹泻教程很有趣，提高了他们对病情病因的认识，并且对实现学习目标很有用；26/26（100%）和13/14（93%）的学生发现这些教程对提高临床管理知识很有用。课程受欢迎的方面包括与课程的相关性和教学的互动性。小班教学更受青睐。
内镜模拟器可以成为本科生的一种新型且有效的教学工具。拥有这种资源的医院应考虑扩大其应用范围，将其用于教学学生。
