Abstract Manager

Dedicated Poster

LP7 - 07

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General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)

Poster

Education Innovation

Student

Approaching the clinical environment through virtual simulations as students in preclinical training

Medical students have limited access to clinical and hospital settings throughout their first years of training, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. They learn fundamental science and basic medical concepts but have few opportunities to test their knowledge and abilities in an actual clinical context.

Accordingly, the Groupe de perfectionnement des habiletés cliniques (GPHC) at Université Laval launched the virtual simulation project. These simulations are computerized modules, where the user plays the role of a physician and must make all the decisions regarding the medical interview, the physical exam, the investigations needed and the patient care in general. While the first simulations were filmed, thus requiring actors and equipment, the next simulations will be animated illustrations. Using customized artworks produced through a partnership with a local artist, the GPHC plans to address racial profiling issues by including cultural diversity within the simulations.

The first two simulations having been very well received by both students and professors at Université Laval, they are now officially approved by the Faculty of Medicine and part of the curriculum. This project helps the GPHC reinforce students' knowledge about the clinical features of diseases, care, and treatment, and thus familiarizing them with their future responsibilities as physicians. Therefore, this project promotes learning innovation in medical education, by heeding students' needs and promoting innovative e-learning in the medical curriculum.

Simulation

E-learning

Clinical experience

Undergraduate

Teaching and learning

Undergraduate

Yes

Yes

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Yes