Using Dramatization to Teach Starling Forces in the Microcirculation to First-Year Medical Students.

ABSTRACT: Introduction:The clinical importance, prevalence, and multiple etiologies of tissue edema make it a critical part of medical education. Given the multiple physiological parameters that must be simultaneously considered to determine fluid movement, it is important that a deeper understanding of the microcirculation and fluid shifts is achieved in preclinical education. Methods:We describe an innovative teaching methodology using dramatization to interactively teach Starling forces to first-year medical students. Prior to the dramatization, students were given an introduction to Starling forces. They also completed a brief knowledge quiz on the topic before and after the activity. The classroom walls were marked with signs representing the intravascular space, extravascular or interstitium,

SUBMITTER: Connor BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6944257 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature