Effects of using an abdominal simulator to develop palpatory competencies in 3rd year medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical school faculty are hard pressed to provide clerkship students with sufficient opportunity to develop and practice their capacity to perform a competent clinical examination, including the palpatory examination of the abdomen. We evaluated the impact of training with an abdominal simulator, AbSim, designed to monitor the depth, location, and thoroughness of their palpation and to provide concurrent and summative feedback regarding their performance.

Methods

All third-year medical students were given the opportunity to develop their palpatory skills with the AbSim simulator during the family medicine rotation. The performance of those who studied with the simulator was measured by its sensors, before and after a training session that included visual feedback

SUBMITTER: Hamm RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793257 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature