Trial reportMedicine2017
Impact of standardized patients on the training of medical students to manage emergencies.
Trial report in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Artificial intelligence-powered virtual standardized patients in teaching history-taking skills to medical students: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2026Trial
- Enhancing medical education with chatbots: a randomized controlled trial on standardized patients for colorectal cancer.BMC medical education · 2024Trial
- Impact of educational instruction on medical student performance in simulation patient.International journal of medical education · 2022Trial
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- Enhancing Clinical Spanish Proficiency Through Standardized Patient Interactions: A Case Study on Medical Students' Performance.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- A comprehensive medical Spanish curriculum model: the Vida Medical Spanish Curriculum.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Under- and post-graduate training to manage the acutely unwell patient: a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Influence of using simulated or real patients on undergraduate medical students acquiring competencies in medical conversations in surgery: A prospective, controlled study.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Comparison of the use of manikins and simulated patients in a multidisciplinary in situ medical simulation program for healthcare professionals in the United KingdomJournal of educational evaluation for health professions · 2021Article
- Understanding Sexual Complaints and History Taking: A Standardized Patient Case on Dyspareunia for Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship Students.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2020Article
- Medical student satisfaction and confidence in simulation-based learning in Rwanda - Pre and post-simulation survey research.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2020Article
- Turning The Tables On Tradition: Flipped High-Fidelity Simulation To Potentiate Learning.Advances in medical education and practice · 2019Article
- Fourth-year medical students do not perform a focused physical examination during a case-based simulation scenario.Advances in medical education and practice · 2018Article
- Patient- and Family-Centered Care in the Preoperative Setting: Simulation Cases Featuring Standardized Patients for Anesthesia Residents.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundTeaching emergency management should educate medical students not only for facts and treatment algorithms but also for time effective physical examination, technical skills, and team interaction. We tested the hypothesis, that using standardized emergency patients would be more effective in transmitting knowledge and skills compared with a more traditional teaching approach.
methodsMedical students (n = 242) in their fourth (second clinical) year were randomized to receive either training on standardized patients simulating 3 emergency settings ("acute chest pain," "stroke," and "acute dyspnea/asthma") or traditional small group seminars. Before and after the respective training pathways, the students' knowledge base (multiple-choice examination) and practical performance (objective structured clinical examination using 3 different emergency scenarios) were assessed.
resultsTeaching using standardized patients resulted in a significant albeit small improvement in objective structured clinical examination scores (61.2 ± 3 for the standardized patient trained group vs 60.3 ± 3.5 for the traditional seminar group; P = 0.017, maximum achievable score: 66), but no difference in the written examination scores (27.4 ± 2.4 vs 27.0 ± 4.4; P = 0.341; maximum achievable score: 30).
conclusionTeaching management of emergencies using standardized patients can improve medical students' performance in clinical tests, and a change from traditional seminars in favor of practice sessions with standardized patients does not compromise the learning of medical facts.
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