Development of a outcome-based educational program using simulation- and scenario-based training

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25460608
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Kagaya Yutaka 東北大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (90250779)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TABATA Masao 東北大学, 病院, 講師 (40621529) ; ENDO Tomoyuki 東北大学, 医学系研究科, 講師 (00400317) ; MONMA Yasutake 東北大学, 病院, 助教 (80571538)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: シミュレーション医学教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Cardiac auscultation is one of the most important physical-examination skills, providing useful information to diagnose patients with a variety of heart diseases. Although high-fidelity medical simulator is a useful tool for health professions learners to acquire a variety of skills, effectiveness of simulation-based education in cardiac auscultation training is still controversial. We investigated whether a single auscultation training class using a cardiology patient simulator for medical students provides competence for clinical clerkship. We found that the single cardiac auscultation training class using a cardiology patient simulator alone may not provide competence necessary for clinical clerkship. Employment of echocardiography in the training did not enhance the proficiency of the students in cardiac auscultation. These results suggest that repetition of the training and the initiation of the training in the earlier stage of undergraduate education are required.

Free Research Field

医学教育