TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sterz, Jasmina
A1  - Gutenberger, Niklas
A1  - Stefanescu, Maria-Christina
A1  - Zinßer, Uwe
A1  - Bepler, Lena
A1  - Linßen, Svea Katharina
A1  - Schäfer, Verena
A1  - Carstensen, Patrick
A1  - Verboket, René
A1  - Adili, Farzin
A1  - Rüsseler, Miriam
T1  - Manikins versus simulated patients in emergency medicine training: a comparative analysis
T2  - European journal of trauma and emergency surgery
N2  - Purpose: Every physician must be able to sufficiently master medical emergencies, especially in medical areas where emergencies occur frequently such as in the emergency room or emergency surgery. This contrasts with the observation that medical students and young residents often feel insufficiently prepared to handle medical emergencies. It is therefore necessary to train them in the treatment of emergency patients. The aim of this study is to analyze the influence of the assignment of manikin versus simulated patients during a training for undergraduate medical students on learning outcomes and the perceived realism.
Methods: The study had a prospective cross-over design and took place in a 3-day emergency medicine training for undergraduate medical students. Students completed three teaching units (‘chest pain’, ‘impaired consciousness’, ‘dyspnea’), either with manikin or simulated patient. Using a questionnaire after each unit, overall impression, didactics, content, the quality of practical exercises, and the learning success were evaluated. The gained competences were measured in a 6-station objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) at the end of training.
Results: 126 students participated. Students rated simulated patients as significantly more realistic than manikins regarding the possibility to carry out examination techniques and taking medical history. 54.92% of the students would prefer to train with simulated patients in the future. Regarding the gained competences for ‘chest pain’ and ‘impaired consciousness’, students who trained with a manikin scored less in the OSCE station than the simulated patients-group.
Conclusion: Simulated patients are rated more realistic than manikins and seem to be superior to manikins regarding gained competence.
KW  - Simulated patients
KW  - Patient manikins
KW  - Simulation training
KW  - Undergraduate medical education
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63730
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-637303
SN  - 1863-9941
N1  - Early View: Online Version before inclusion in an issue
N1  - Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
N1  - Version of Record: https://nbn-resolving.org/html/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-697608
VL  - 2021
EP  - online version before inclusion in an issue
PB  - Springer Medizin
CY  - Heidelberg
ER  -