Teaching Undergraduate Medical Students Non-Technical Skills: An Evaluation Study of a Simulated Ward Experience

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Table 1 Summary of Simulation Scenarios and Learning Objectives

	Scenario	Learning Objectives
Simulation 1	Ward round of three simulated patients with experienced facilitators in the roles of Registrar and Staff Nurse (confederate)	To learn strategies to prioritise workload appropriately To be able to generate a jobs list from the ward duties To undertake routine ward round duties eg writing in the notes To take part in a handover process To strategise how to deal with distractions
Simulation 2	Assessing acutely unwell patient and requesting senior input	To take part in a handover process To understand when to request senior input in managing the acutely unwell patient To practise dealing with distractions To practise prioritisation of tasks
Simulation 3	Prescribing night sedation for a confused patient	To understand the importance of teamworking and delegation To recognise the importance of checking blood results and acting on results To understand how distractions can impact patient safety

Figure 1 Overall quality of teaching ratings for each NTS.