USE OF SIMULATION-BASED METHODOLOGIES For Teaching and Learning in Portuguese Medical Schools

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2011

Authors

Reynolds A (Author) FMUP; Diogo Ayres de Campos (Author) FMUP; Joao Bernardes (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Acta Medica Portuguesa

Vol. 24 No. 4

Pages: 223-230

ISSN: 0870-399X

Publisher: Ordem dos Medicos

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Authenticus ID: P-002-TWB

Abstract (EN): USE OF SIMULATION-BASED METHODOLOGIES For Teaching and Learning in Portuguese Medical Schools The main purpose of medical simulation is for students and healthcare professionals to learn, individually or as team members. A questionnaire was developed on the use of medical simulators or simulation-based techniques applied to Medicine, and sent to the directors of all medical schools in Portugal (n = 7). The aim was to contribute to a better understanding of teaching through the use of simulation applied to Medicine. In the curricular year of 2006-07 all medical schools used simulators, or techniques of medical simulation, in their pre-graduate training in Medicine. A small number of other initiatives in pre-and post-graduate medical training were also reported. Despite these activities, there is still a large potential for expansion of simulation-based teaching methodologies in Portuguese medical schools. The growing number of students admitted to medical courses, together with the increase in medico-legal conflicts, leads to a need for curricular developments and adjustments in teaching methodologies.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8