Developing a Surgical Simulation Curriculum for the Rwandan Context.
J Surg Educ
; 80(9): 1268-1276, 2023 09.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We report on the development and implementation of a surgical simulation curriculum for undergraduate medical students in rural Rwanda.DESIGN:
This is a narrative report on the development of scenario and procedure-based content for a junior surgical clerkship simulation curriculum by an interdisciplinary team of simulation specialists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, medical educators, and medical students.SETTING:
University of Global Health Equity, a new medical school located in Butaro, Rwanda.PARTICIPANTS:
Participants in this study consist of simulation and surgical educators, surgeons, anesthesiologists, research fellows and University of Global Health Equity medical students enrolled in the junior surgery clerkship.RESULTS:
The simulation training schedule was designed to begin with a 17-session simulation-intensive week, followed by 8 sessions spread over the 11-week clerkship. These sessions combined the use of high-fidelity mannequins with improvised, bench-top surgical simulators like the GlobalSurgBox, and low-cost gelatin-based models to effectively replace resource intensive options.CONCLUSIONS:
Emphasis on contextualized content generation, low-cost application, and interdisciplinary design of simulation curricula for low-income settings is essential. The impact of this curriculum on students' knowledge and skill acquisition is being assessed in an ongoing fashion as a substrate for iterative improvement.Palavras-chave
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Estudantes de Medicina
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Estágio Clínico
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Educação de Graduação em Medicina
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Cirurgiões
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Treinamento por Simulação
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En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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