We use a simman as part of our undergraduate course in emergency medicine.
We have written a series of medical emergency scenarios - all quite basic
for the students to manage. We are undertaking some qualitative research
into its use in this way, but from informal feedback from the students they
find it an invaluable tool in their learning and an excellent confidence
builder prior to house jobs. The clinical signs ie heart sounds, breath
sounds are not great, but despite the limitations of the equipment they seem
to gain a lot from putting their theoretical knowledge into 'practice'.
Lois Brand
ED Cons Walsgrave
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Subject: Simulators in Emergency Medicine Education
I would be interested to find out how anyone is using human patient
simulators for training in EM, either at F2/SHO, SpR, Cons level, or nurse
training etc.
I would be especially interested in anyone *not* using them specifically for
anaesthetic type scenarios for airway management skills.
James
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