A collaborative clinical simulation model for the development of competencies by medical students

Abstract

Herein, we present a new collaborative clinical simulation (CCS) model for the development of medical competencies by medical students. The model is a comprehensive compendium of published considerations and recommendations on clinical simulation (CS) and computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). Currently, there are no educational models combining CS and CSCL. The CCS model was designed for the acquisition and assessment of clinical competencies; working collaboratively and supported by technology, small groups of medical students independently design and perform simulated cases. The model includes four phases in which the learning objectives, short case scenarios, materials, indices, and the clinical simulation are designed, monitored, rated and debriefed.

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Notes on contributors

Sergio Guinez-Molinos, Head of the Biomedical Informatics and Telemedicine, Lecturer Professor at School of Medicine, Universidad de Talca. MSc (Valladolid, Spain) and Phd Candidate at Medicine and Translational research at University of Barcelona.

Agustín Martínez-Molina, PhD, MSc Dip and BSc in Psychology (UAM, Spain), MSc in Methodology (UNED, Spain; at present), Medical Education Assessment and Psychometry, Assistant Professor at Psychology Faculty.

Carmen Gomar-Sancho, MD, PhD, EDA, Professor Anesthesiology, Director of Clinical Skills lab of the University of Barcelona, Senior Consultant, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Clinic University of Barcelona, Chairperson of the ESA Training and Exchange Program.

Víctor B. Arias González, PhD, MSc Dip and BSc in Psychology (USAL, Spain), MSc in Methodology (UNED, Spain; at present), Medical Education Assessment and Psychometry, Assistant Professor at Psychology Faculty.

Demian Szyld, MD, EdM is an assistant professor for the Department of Emergency Medicine and associate medical director for the New York Simulation Center for the Health Sciences, the simulation center of NYU Langone Medical Center and the City University of New York.

Encarnación García Garrido, MD, Professor at Faculty Medicine, Phd Candidate in Medicine Program at Universidad Europea de Madrid.

Patricio Maragaño Lizama, MD, Medical director for the Center of Clinical Simulation, School of Medicine, Head of the Angiography Department at Talca?s Hospital, Lecturer Professor at School of Medicine, Universidad de Talca.