A Novel Iterative-Learner Simulation Model: Fellows as Teachers

• DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-13-00067.1
• Publication Date: 2014-01-13T15:04:03Z
• Authors: Nancy M. Tofil; Dawn Taylor Peterson; Kathy F. Harrington; Brian T. Perrin; Tyler Hughes; J. Lynn Zinkan; Amber Q. Youngblood; Al Bartolucci; Marjorie Lee White
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 4. Education; 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology; 10. No inequality; 3. Good health

Simulation is an effective method for teaching clinical skills but has not been widely adopted to educate trainees about how teach.We evaluated a curriculum pediatrics fellows by using high-fidelity simulation (mannequin with vital signs) improve pedagogical skills.The intervention included lecture on adult learning and active-learning techniques, development of case from the fellows' subspecialties, residents medical students. Teaching was observed educator standardized checklist. Learners structured evaluation tool; learner evaluations observer checklist formed basis written feedback. Changes in pedagogic knowledge, attitudes, self-reported were analyzed Friedman Wilcoxon rank-sum test at baseline, immediate postintervention, 6-month follow-up.Forty participated. Fellows' self-ratings significantly improved baseline follow-up objectives, effectively reinforcing performance, techniques promote critical thinking, providing constructive feedback, studies teach general rules. Fellows increased agreement statement "providing background context important" (4.12 4.44, P = .02).Simulation means educating teaching, attitudes self-rated confidence improving after participation returning assessment. The identified common weaknesses as teachers, including failure provide objectives learners, summary key points, lack inclusion all learners.