scholarly journals Revitalization of clinical skills training at the University of the Western Cape

Curationis ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Jeggels ◽  
A. Traut ◽  
M. Kwast
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Simulated Patients ◽  
First Year ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Clinical Supervisors ◽  
Clinical Skills Training ◽  
Skills Lab ◽  
Case Based

Most educational institutions that offer health related qualifications make use of clinical skills laboratories. These spaces are generally used for the demonstration and assessment of clinical skills. The purpose of this paper is to share our experiences related to the revitalization of skills training by introducing the skills lab method at the School of Nursing (SoN), University of the Western Cape (UWC). To accommodate the contextual changes as a result of the restructuring of the higher education landscape in 2003, the clinical skills training programme at UWC had to be reviewed. With a dramatic increase in the student numbers and a reduction in hospital beds, the skills lab method provided students with an opportunity to develop clinical skills prior to their placement in real service settings. The design phase centred on adopting a skills training methodology that articulates with the case-based approach used by the SoN. Kolb’s, experiential learning cycle provided the theoretical underpinning for the methodology. The planning phase was spent on the development of resources. Eight staff members were trained by our international higher education collaborators who also facilitated the training of clinical supervisors and simulated patients. The physical space had to be redesigned to accommodate audio visual and information technology to support the phases of the skills lab method. The implementation of the skills lab method was phased in from the first-year level. An interactive seminar held after the first year of implementation provided feedback from all the role players and was mostly positive. The results of introducing the skills lab method include: a move by students towards self-directed clinical skills development, clinical supervisors adopting the role of facilitators of learning and experiential clinical learning being based on, amongst others, the students’ engagement with simulated patients. Finally, the recommendations relate to tailor-making clinical skills training by using various aspects of teaching and learning principles, i.e. case-based teaching, experiential learning and the skills lab method.

scholarly journals Intrument for Evaluating Didactical Performance of Clinical Skill Laboratory Teachers

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Ide Pustaka Setiawan ◽  
Jan Van Dalen Jan Van Dalen ◽  
Jill Whittingham Jill Whittingham
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Clinical Skill ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
First Year ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Skill Laboratory ◽  
Skills Lab ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Skills Learning ◽  
First Year Medical Students

Background: There are some studies about strategies for clinical skills teachers and criteria for effective teaching in a Skills lab. However, there isn’t an established instrument yet to evaluate clinical skills teacher’s didactical performance while facilitating skills learning. The aim of this study was to develop an appropriate instrument to evaluate clinical skills teachers’ didactical performance.Method: A preliminary instrument was developed based on recent available literatures. This instrument was applied by students, to quantitatively evaluate didactical performance of skills teachers who teach a certain skill. Then focus group discussions (FGD) were conducted. The results of both procedures were compared.Results: 255 first year medical students participated (response rate: 91%). There was significant difference between students’ judgments of clinical teacher’s (specialist) and Skills lab teacher’s (general practitioner) didactical performance (p<0.05). Cronbach’s alpha of the instrument turned out to be .95, indicating a high homogeneity. All items contributed to this measure of reliability. This quantitative finding was supported by qualitative resultsConclusion: The questionnaire developed is valid and reliable. It can be concluded that characteristics of a proper instrument for evaluating clinical skills teachers’ didactical performance encompass didactic skill, interpersonal & communication skills and condition/strategy of skills training.

scholarly journals Tingkat Kegunaan Asistensian pada Mahasiswa Kedokteran 2018 Universitas Sebelas Maret

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boddhi Dharma
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Clinical Skills Training ◽  
Skills Lab ◽  
Skills Learning

Clinical skills is a heart of medical education. Clinical skills learning has been widely changed, from hospital-based with trial and error to more safe and controlled circumstances called skills-lab. However, it requires a lot of human resources and high cost. Conclusions, there are so many factors affecting clinical skills training successfulness, such as the content of skills, delivery methods, participants, instructors, equipment, and learning environment. All of these factors need to be run properly in order to achieve students’ clinical skills acquisition.

scholarly journals YouTube as a Platform for Publishing Clinical Skills Training Videos

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Topps ◽  
Joyce Helmer ◽  
Rachel Ellaway
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Clinical Skills Training

scholarly journals Challenges of Peer Assisted Learning in online clinical skills training of Ophthalmology module

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumera Nisar ◽  
Usman Mahboob ◽  
Rehan Ahmed Khan ◽  
Durraiz Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Peer Assisted Learning ◽  
Clinical Skills Training ◽  
The World

Abstract Background In recent days when mankind is passing through the difficult times of COVID-19 pandemic with lock down, almost all over the world, online communication has taken over the world. Overburdened physicians in this pandemic cannot get enough time to teach clinical skills online to the students. Also, due to student’s safety issues, the students cannot attend the clinics. Therefore, in this scenario online PAL sessions for clinical skill teaching and learning can be an effective alternative for undergraduate medical students. The academic limitations caused by the COVID-19 related lockdown however can have a pleasurable outcome if certain challenges, related to online PAL, are overcome. Therefore, the present study aims to identify the challenges of Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) sessions during online clinical skills training in Ophthalmology module of undergraduate medical students.MethodologyThis qualitative exploratory study, utilizing online focus group discussions to explore the challenges of online PAL in training and learning of clinical skills was carried at Ophthalmology department of Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah; Saudi Arabia. Ethical approval was taken from the college and purposive convenient sampling technique was used to collect data. Data was transcribed and analyzed by using thematic analysisResultsThe study identified six themes for argument and classified into further smaller subthemes. The subthemes derived from the collected data were organized under major themes; infrastructure, learning environment, psychological problems, interaction deficit, learning desires and desire for feedback on performance. In our study, major challenge faced by the medical student during online PAL sessions was infrastructure in terms of network connection, scheduling, timing of the session which overpowered by other challenges of online PAL. Unprofessional learning environment, psychological problems in terms of behavioral issues and personality changes, interaction deficit with peers, tutor and patient, learning desires and desire for feedback on performance were the other important challenges faced by the students. ConclusionThe challenges explored by our study can be used by the medical educators to incorporate online PAL as an effective, efficient and alternative teaching and learning modality in the curriculum especially in compromised circumstances like current COVID-19 pandemic.

A Cloud-Based Architecture for Interactive E-Training

2019 ◽  
pp. 1379-1392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halima E. Samra ◽  
Alice S. Li ◽  
Ben Soh ◽  
Mohammed A. AlZain
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Training System ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Clinical Skills Training ◽  
Intensive Training ◽  
Training Resources ◽  
Cloud Technologies

Cloud-based technologies play a significant role in the technology-enhanced learning domain. The adoption of cloud technologies in the educational environment has a positive impact on the learning process by offering new tools and services to improve and support the learning life cycle, including interactivity. In specific fields, such as clinical skills training, that involve computer-intensive training scenarios, there is an increased demand to deliver training services to a larger number of learners, therefore the need for cloud services. However, to date there has been a lack of a formalized framework relating to the use of cloud computing for on-demand interactive e-training resources. This paper is to formalize a theoretical framework for an interactive e-training system particularly for clinical skills training, taking into consideration e-training system requirements and with a focus on applying cloud technologies to ensure the dynamic scalability of services and computing power while maintaining QoS and security

The Operational Design of Clinical Skills Training Program in Gachon Medical School

1970 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwi Hwa Park ◽  
Hi Jung Koh ◽  
In Suck Choi ◽  
Young Don Lee ◽  
Yoon Myung Yim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Clinical Skills Training ◽  
Operational Design

Clinical skills training in the nursing home

2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
SL Hatcher ◽  
JA Chamberlain
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Clinical Skills Training

scholarly journals Variability among groups of nursing students’ utilization of a technological learning tool for clinical skills training: An observational study

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilie Haraldseid ◽  
Karina Aase
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Collaborative Problem Solving ◽  
Clinical Skills Training ◽  
Collaborative Problem ◽  
Technological Tool

Background and objective: The use of technology has become the norm in nursing education. While technology has opened up for more flexible, active, student-focused teaching methods, its introduction has also brought challenges regarding its use and implementation. Recent literature has concentrated on how to best implement technology, but little attention has focused on observing student practices during technology use. Therefore, it is unknown how to optimize technology use within clinical skills training. The objective of this study was to investigate how groups of nursing students utilize a technology-based learning tool.Methods: An observational study with an exploratory design was implemented using video recordings as the data material.Results: The results indicated a high level of variability in nursing students’ performance and ability to utilize a technological tool while working in groups. The variability during clinical skills training was associated with four factors: level of competence, motivation to learn, role clarification, and collaborative problem-solving skills.Conclusions: The results of the study indicated variability in groups of nursing students’ ability to employ a technological tool during a selected procedure—namely, wound care and dressing. These findings suggest that a set of implications for faculty members should be developed. Specifically, staff and students should be prepared prior to using technology by focusing on group dynamics, group composition, development of collaborative problem-solving skills, and role modeling. 

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