The Simulated Cardiology Clinic: A Standardized Patient Exercise Supporting Medical Students' Biomedical Knowledge and Clinical Skills Integration.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Development of cardiac disease-related diagnostic skills-including hypothesis-driven data gathering, heart sound interpretation, and ECG interpretation-is an important component of medical student training. Prior studies indicate trainees' performance of these skills is limited. Simulation provides students with opportunities to practice integrating their developing knowledge in a relevant clinical context. We developed a simulated clinic activity for second-year medical students consisting of standardized patient (SP) cases representing cardiovascular (CV) diseases.

Methods

Student small groups rotated through four SP encounters. For each case, one student performed the history, after which the whole small group listened to audio files of heart sounds, interpre

SUBMITTER: Jackson JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7597946 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature