Incorporating the use of Models and Simulators in the Physical Diagnosis training of Second year Medical Students

02-02-2018 22:39

As medical faculty, we are constantly looking for innovative methods to maintain our students' interests and hone in their physical diagnosis skills.  In an effort to achieve this goal, we developed a process that utilizes different modalities and simulators in order to develop a stronger physical diagnosis exam for the first and second year medical students.  The use of this equipment exposes the students to pathology early on in their medical career and forces them to maximize their physical diagnosis skills.

During the development of the second year On Doctoring course, which is responsible for teaching physical examination methods, we, like all educators, encountered some challenges.   For instance, how do we get the students to connect the pathology they have learned in the classroom to the physical exam they are performing on a healthy real life peer? We believe we have developed an effective approach which increases the students’ exposure to pathology while learning physical diagnostic skills.  This approach also allows for personalized, one-on-one feedback in real time for each student from a physician-educator.  We will discuss the different modalities and simulators which have been obtained, how these are used in the laboratory setting, and the physical diagnostic skills learned in the second year On Doctoring course.

Author(s):Rebecca Moore, D.O.; Aubrey M. Olson, D.O., M.S.Ed.
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