3D Simulation of a Hospital Environment and Ward Round to Augment a Summer School Program for Pre-Medical Students

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2014:196:209-14.

Abstract

Students applying to medical school may benefit from a better understanding of the clinical environment and the duties of a doctor. Despite attachments at hospital they may feel detached from the decision making process which is a pivotal part of being a clinician. A simulated hospital environment was tried on 30 pre-med students from an urban environment to test the feasibility of using structured clinical scenarios to augment their experience of a clinical setting.

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Assisted Instruction / methods*
  • Education, Premedical / methods*
  • Feasibility Studies
  • High Fidelity Simulation Training / methods*
  • Hospitals*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Patient Simulation*
  • United Kingdom
  • User-Computer Interface