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Clinical Simulation in Primary Health Care in the context of teaching: an experience with Language and Hearing undergraduates

Authors

  • Mario Bustos Universidad de Chile
  • Claudia Arancibia Universidad de Chile
  • Nelson Muñoz Universidad de Chile
  • Josefina Azócar Universidad de Chile

Abstract

The main goal of this study was to describe and compare the performance of undergraduate students of speech language therapy in the activities of OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation) of the subject "Integrated Clinical in Primary Health" of the career of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences of the University of Chile. A non- experimental, cross-sectional study was conducted with a total sample of 29 fourth-year students. Two clinical simulation activities were analyzed for the same group of students, the first one was a formative evaluation and the second one was a summative evaluation. Both activities inspect three kinds of performance; individual attention of users, completion of clinical record, and performance in meeting with a health team. Results showed that students performed well on the evaluation of different non-technical clinical simulation skills in primary health care. Performance was higher on summative evaluation (second evaluation) as compared with the summative one in the three types of observed evaluations. These differences were statistically significant (p <0.05). Results show that the activities helped students achieve the expected competences. The simulation as a methodology favored the formation of the program, positioning this activity as a learning tool, an initiative of students to the attention of users or interaction with groups.

Keywords:

patient simulation, clinical competence, speech language and hearing sciences, primary health care