The School of Nursing and Midwifery (SONAM) has traditionally used Peer-Physical Exam (in addition to the CIME's various task trainers) to teach their second-year students the art of history taking and physical examination as part of their Health Assessment course.
After analysing data from across the world that supported using a multimodal simulation-based approach to better achieve this outcome, Ms. Rahina Inayat Ali from the CIME Education Team and Ms. Shanaz Cassum, a highly respected SONAM faculty member, decided to work together to integrate this approach into the course's existing curriculum.
Students initially reviewed each course module online and then participated in online and in person discussions in order to gain a thorough understanding of the course content. They then remotely watched SONAM faculty perform detailed examinations on Simulated Patients (SPs). After this, students were divided into groups, with each one attending their practical demonstration at a different time (in order to remain compliant with the University's SOPs). The students from each group then performed detailed physical examinations on the CIME's task trainers, before going on to practicing history taking and performing the same examinations on SPs, all under the supervision of our esteemed SONAM faculty.
The aim of using an amalgamation of techniques was to inculcate a greater sense of self confidence in students who will soon be evaluating and examining real patients during their clinical clerkships. We hoped to have provided our students with a solid foundation in these critical clinical skills, as they will use these techniques throughout their nursing careers.
The School of Nursing and Midwifery (SONAM) has traditionally used Peer-Physical Exam (in addition to the CIME's various task trainers) to teach their second-year students the art of history taking and physical examination as part of their Health Assessment course.
After analysing data from across the world that supported using a multimodal simulation-based approach to better achieve this outcome, Ms. Rahina Inayat Ali from the CIME Education Team and Ms. Shanaz Cassum, a highly respected SONAM faculty member, decided to work together to integrate this approach into the course's existing curriculum.
Students initially reviewed each course module online and then participated in online and in person discussions in order to gain a thorough understanding of the course content. They then remotely watched SONAM faculty perform detailed examinations on Simulated Patients (SPs). After this, students were divided into groups, with each one attending their practical demonstration at a different time (in order to remain compliant with the University's SOPs). The students from each group then performed detailed physical examinations on the CIME's task trainers, before going on to practicing history taking and performing the same examinations on SPs, all under the supervision of our esteemed SONAM faculty.
The aim of using an amalgamation of techniques was to inculcate a greater sense of self confidence in students who will soon be evaluating and examining real patients during their clinical clerkships. We hoped to have provided our students with a solid foundation in these critical clinical skills, as they will use these techniques throughout their nursing careers.
