Simulating a patient's fall as a means to improve routine communication: Joint training for nursing and fifth-year medical students
Background: Physicians and nursing staff interact as a team on a daily basis in hospital settings. However, both educational paths offer few opportunities to establish contact with the other professional group. Neither professional group can practice its later role with the other group in a “safe” l...
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| author | Flentje, Markus Müßel, Thomas Henzel, Bettina Jantzen, Jan-Peter |
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| description | Background: Physicians and nursing staff interact as a team on a daily basis in hospital settings. However, both educational paths offer few opportunities to establish contact with the other professional group. Neither professional group can practice its later role with the other group in a “safe” learning environment. Routine interprofessional collaboration is described as being in need of great improvement and carries with it the potential for conflict. To improve interprofessional communication and task management, a simulation-based emergency training session for nursing students and fifth-year medical students was developed at the KRH Klinikum Nordstadt in Hanover, Germany. As a pilot project, the course was held twice in the form of a one-day session with ten nursing and four medical students.Project: Using the example of a patient’s fall, course participants were able to observe and actively treat multiple simulated patients. Following each simulation the trainer conducted a comprehensive debriefing. The course was then evaluated using a questionnaire.Results: The evaluation of the team training showed a high level of acceptance among the two participating professional groups. On a scale of 1 (hardly applicable) to 5 (strongly applicable), the course was given a 4 by both professional groups for its relevance to daily work. In the open-ended written responses praise was specifically given for the opportunity to learn how to switch perspectives as a result of the simulation exercises.Conclusion: A common emergency on the hospital ward offers a good opportunity to establish and practice interprofessional team skills. With the knowledge gained about communication and the ability to change viewpoints, participants are able to improve their team skills. Participants demonstrated a high degree of acceptance for the training program. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-667ee88cdf1242a7acad27ef232102cf2022-12-21T20:18:55ZdeuGerman Medical Science GMS Publishing HouseGMS Journal for Medical Education2366-50172016-04-01332Doc1910.3205/zma001018Simulating a patient's fall as a means to improve routine communication: Joint training for nursing and fifth-year medical studentsFlentje, Markus0Müßel, Thomas1Henzel, Bettina2Jantzen, Jan-Peter3Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Hannover, GermanyKlinikum Region Hannover, Ausbildungszentrum, Hannover, GermanyKlinikum Region Hannover, Ausbildungszentrum, Hannover, GermanyKlinikum Region Hannover, KRH Klinikum Nordstadt, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Hannover, GermanyBackground: Physicians and nursing staff interact as a team on a daily basis in hospital settings. However, both educational paths offer few opportunities to establish contact with the other professional group. Neither professional group can practice its later role with the other group in a “safe” learning environment. Routine interprofessional collaboration is described as being in need of great improvement and carries with it the potential for conflict. To improve interprofessional communication and task management, a simulation-based emergency training session for nursing students and fifth-year medical students was developed at the KRH Klinikum Nordstadt in Hanover, Germany. As a pilot project, the course was held twice in the form of a one-day session with ten nursing and four medical students.Project: Using the example of a patient’s fall, course participants were able to observe and actively treat multiple simulated patients. Following each simulation the trainer conducted a comprehensive debriefing. The course was then evaluated using a questionnaire.Results: The evaluation of the team training showed a high level of acceptance among the two participating professional groups. On a scale of 1 (hardly applicable) to 5 (strongly applicable), the course was given a 4 by both professional groups for its relevance to daily work. In the open-ended written responses praise was specifically given for the opportunity to learn how to switch perspectives as a result of the simulation exercises.Conclusion: A common emergency on the hospital ward offers a good opportunity to establish and practice interprofessional team skills. With the knowledge gained about communication and the ability to change viewpoints, participants are able to improve their team skills. Participants demonstrated a high degree of acceptance for the training program.http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2016-33/zma001018.shtmlInterprofessional collaborationpatient fallsimulation trainingdebriefingcommunication |
| spellingShingle | Flentje, Markus Müßel, Thomas Henzel, Bettina Jantzen, Jan-Peter Simulating a patient's fall as a means to improve routine communication: Joint training for nursing and fifth-year medical students GMS Journal for Medical Education Interprofessional collaboration patient fall simulation training debriefing communication |
| title | Simulating a patient's fall as a means to improve routine communication: Joint training for nursing and fifth-year medical students |
| title_full | Simulating a patient's fall as a means to improve routine communication: Joint training for nursing and fifth-year medical students |
| title_fullStr | Simulating a patient's fall as a means to improve routine communication: Joint training for nursing and fifth-year medical students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulating a patient's fall as a means to improve routine communication: Joint training for nursing and fifth-year medical students |
| title_short | Simulating a patient's fall as a means to improve routine communication: Joint training for nursing and fifth-year medical students |
| title_sort | simulating a patient s fall as a means to improve routine communication joint training for nursing and fifth year medical students |
| topic | Interprofessional collaboration patient fall simulation training debriefing communication |
| url | http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2016-33/zma001018.shtml |
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