Ekert, JO;
Luchesa Smith, A;
Ramsey, CL;
Robinson, N;
Love, J;
Gothard, P;
Armitage, AJ;
(2020)
Medical student‐led simulation in COVID‐19 crisis.
The Clinical Teacher
10.1111/tct.13308.
(In press).
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Abstract
Background: Simulation training is an effective tool for improving confidence in healthcare workers. During the recent COVID‐19 pandemic, large numbers of staff required re‐training to manage unfamiliar situations. We present a set of medical student‐led clinical simulation sessions and evaluate their effects on (i) confidence among redeployed healthcare workers managing COVID‐19 patients and (ii) medical students’ confidence as educators. / Methods: Half‐day simulation training sessions consisting of three COVID‐related clinical scenarios were devised by senior medical students and delivered to a group of approximately 150 healthcare workers over six repeated sessions prior to redeployment to COVID‐19 wards. We distributed an anonymous pre‐ and post‐simulation questionnaire to 36 participants in the final group exploring their experiences. The confidence scores were analysed using the Wilcoxon signed‐rank test. Following the delivery of teaching, medical students completed a questionnaire assessing their personal experiences of designing and delivering the exercises. / Results: Data are available for 35/36 participants approached. Respondents reported being significantly more confident after the training in all aspects of managing COVID‐19 patients, including triage, complex discharge, recognising deterioration, initiating basic life support, managing symptoms and advising on visiting policies (p < 0.001); 97% of respondents rated the training as useful. Thematic analysis of medical students’ responses demonstrated mutual benefit. / Discussion: This study demonstrates the strengths of simulation training in helping to build staff confidence in a rapidly evolving situation and highlights the value of medical students in supporting a hospital’s response to an outbreak. We recommend further studies of student‐led simulation exercises, including longer‐term follow‐up.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Medical student‐led simulation in COVID‐19 crisis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/tct.13308 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13308 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2020 The Authors. The Clinical Teacher published by Association for the Study of Medical Education and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10118148 |
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