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Blended Teaching Methodology of E-learning and Simulation Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology for Undergraduate Medical and Nursing Trainees

Context The concept of simulation-based teaching has become a standard practice for health education in the present era. However, there is a paucity of literature on integrating simulation-based teaching in the conventional training of undergraduate medical and nursing students. Aim To explore the e...

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Autores principales: Sharma, K Aparna, Murry, L Levis, Bharti, Juhi, Kaur, Ravneet, Meena, Jyoti, Kulshrestha, Vidushi, Mansoor, Sadia, Soni, Snigdha, Kumar, Sunesh
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Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10325928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37425568
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40062
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author Sharma, K Aparna
Murry, L Levis
Bharti, Juhi
Kaur, Ravneet
Meena, Jyoti
Kulshrestha, Vidushi
Mansoor, Sadia
Soni, Snigdha
Kumar, Sunesh
author_facet Sharma, K Aparna
Murry, L Levis
Bharti, Juhi
Kaur, Ravneet
Meena, Jyoti
Kulshrestha, Vidushi
Mansoor, Sadia
Soni, Snigdha
Kumar, Sunesh
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description Context The concept of simulation-based teaching has become a standard practice for health education in the present era. However, there is a paucity of literature on integrating simulation-based teaching in the conventional training of undergraduate medical and nursing students. Aim To explore the effectiveness and benefits of e-learning along with low-fidelity simulation in obstetrics and gynecology among undergraduate medical and nursing students at a tertiary care center in India. Methodology It was a prospective study conducted on 53 final-year undergraduate medical students and 61 final-year undergraduate nursing students. All students underwent a knowledge-based pre-test followed by exposure to an e-learning module on four selected obstetrics and gynecology skills, namely, conducting normal delivery, episiotomy suturing, pelvic examination, and insertion of intrauterine device. Students practiced these four skills on low-fidelity simulators. After this, they underwent a post-test assessment and gave feedback. A focused group discussion was conducted to explore their experiences. Results There was a statistically significant difference between the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of all the students (p =< 0.001). Students found this teaching strategy useful and reported an increase in self-assessed confidence. Focused group discussion revealed various themes like improved satisfaction and ability to practice repeatedly without fear of harming patients. Conclusions Based on the results, this teaching methodology should be integrated as an adjunct method of teaching in the undergraduate curriculum from the first year itself, which will motivate students to participate in clinical care and will result in quality improvement of health care.
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spelling pubmed-103259282023-07-08 Blended Teaching Methodology of E-learning and Simulation Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology for Undergraduate Medical and Nursing Trainees Sharma, K Aparna Murry, L Levis Bharti, Juhi Kaur, Ravneet Meena, Jyoti Kulshrestha, Vidushi Mansoor, Sadia Soni, Snigdha Kumar, Sunesh Cureus Medical Education Context The concept of simulation-based teaching has become a standard practice for health education in the present era. However, there is a paucity of literature on integrating simulation-based teaching in the conventional training of undergraduate medical and nursing students. Aim To explore the effectiveness and benefits of e-learning along with low-fidelity simulation in obstetrics and gynecology among undergraduate medical and nursing students at a tertiary care center in India. Methodology It was a prospective study conducted on 53 final-year undergraduate medical students and 61 final-year undergraduate nursing students. All students underwent a knowledge-based pre-test followed by exposure to an e-learning module on four selected obstetrics and gynecology skills, namely, conducting normal delivery, episiotomy suturing, pelvic examination, and insertion of intrauterine device. Students practiced these four skills on low-fidelity simulators. After this, they underwent a post-test assessment and gave feedback. A focused group discussion was conducted to explore their experiences. Results There was a statistically significant difference between the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of all the students (p =< 0.001). Students found this teaching strategy useful and reported an increase in self-assessed confidence. Focused group discussion revealed various themes like improved satisfaction and ability to practice repeatedly without fear of harming patients. Conclusions Based on the results, this teaching methodology should be integrated as an adjunct method of teaching in the undergraduate curriculum from the first year itself, which will motivate students to participate in clinical care and will result in quality improvement of health care. Cureus 2023-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10325928/ /pubmed/37425568 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40062 Text en Copyright © 2023, Sharma et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Medical Education
Sharma, K Aparna
Murry, L Levis
Bharti, Juhi
Kaur, Ravneet
Meena, Jyoti
Kulshrestha, Vidushi
Mansoor, Sadia
Soni, Snigdha
Kumar, Sunesh
Blended Teaching Methodology of E-learning and Simulation Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology for Undergraduate Medical and Nursing Trainees
title Blended Teaching Methodology of E-learning and Simulation Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology for Undergraduate Medical and Nursing Trainees
title_full Blended Teaching Methodology of E-learning and Simulation Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology for Undergraduate Medical and Nursing Trainees
title_fullStr Blended Teaching Methodology of E-learning and Simulation Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology for Undergraduate Medical and Nursing Trainees
title_full_unstemmed Blended Teaching Methodology of E-learning and Simulation Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology for Undergraduate Medical and Nursing Trainees
title_short Blended Teaching Methodology of E-learning and Simulation Training in Obstetrics and Gynecology for Undergraduate Medical and Nursing Trainees
title_sort blended teaching methodology of e-learning and simulation training in obstetrics and gynecology for undergraduate medical and nursing trainees
topic Medical Education
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10325928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37425568
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40062
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