Presentation Description
Toby Jackman
Background
Traditional undergraduate medical education prepares students inadequately for their Foundation Year One role on clinical ward rounds (1). Final-year student confidence has been undermined by the COVID-19 pandemic and reduced face-to-face patient encounters (2). Ward round simulation may help improve student confidence in non-technical skills (3).
Methods
We conducted paired 7-point Likert-like questionnaires of final-year medical students before and after a simulated ward round. Student responses were analysed using paired t-Test to determine whether the simulation had evoked a change in confidence in non-technical skills.
Discussion
There was statistically significant improvement in confidence of students in almost all non- technical domains. Students likely develop confidence in information gathering early in undergraduate education; followership is a relatively new field of study and medical students receive less training in, and opportunity to practice, these skills. Simulation remains a key tool in engendering confidence in nontechnical skills in medical students.
References (maximum three)
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2. Choi B, Jegatheeswaran L, Minocha A, Alhilani M, Nakhoul M, Mutengesa E. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on final year medical students in the United Kingdom: a national survey. BMC medical education. 2020 Dec;20(1):1-1.
3. Harvey R, Mellanby E, Dearden E, Medjoub K, Edgar S. Developing non–technical ward‐round skills. The clinical teacher. 2015 Oct;12(5):336-40.