Basic practical skills teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education – a review on methodological evidence
Objective: Practical skills are an essential part of physicians’ daily routine. Nevertheless, medical graduates’ performance of basic skills is often below the expected level. This review aims to identify and summarize teaching approaches of basic practical skills in undergraduate medical education...
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| description | Objective: Practical skills are an essential part of physicians’ daily routine. Nevertheless, medical graduates’ performance of basic skills is often below the expected level. This review aims to identify and summarize teaching approaches of basic practical skills in undergraduate medical education which provide evidence with respect to effective students’ learning of these skills.Methods: Basic practical skills were defined as basic physical examination skills, routine skills which get better with practice, and skills which are also performed by nurses. We searched PubMed with different terms describing these basic practical skills. In total, 3467 identified publications were screened and 205 articles were eventually reviewed for eligibility. Results: 43 studies that included at least one basic practical skill, a comparison of two groups of undergraduate medical students and effects on students’ performance were analyzed. Seven basic practical skills and 15 different teaching methods could be identified. The most consistent results with respect to effective teaching and acquisition of basic practical skills were found for structured skills training, feedback, and self-directed learning. Simulation was effective with specific teaching methods and in several studies no differences in teaching effects were detected between expert or peer instructors. Multimedia instruction, when used in the right setting, also showed beneficial effects for basic practical skills learning.Conclusion: A combination of voluntary or obligatory self-study with multimedia applications like video clips in combination with a structured program including the possibility for individual exercise with personal feedback by peers or teachers might provide a good learning opportunity for basic practical skills. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74a39f572c2840f9853f8e765b4e16d72022-12-22T01:27:52ZdeuGerman Medical Science GMS Publishing HouseGMS Journal for Medical Education2366-50172016-08-01334Doc6410.3205/zma001063Basic practical skills teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education – a review on methodological evidenceVogel, Daniela0Harendza, Sigrid1Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, III. Medizinische Klinik, Hamburg, DeutschlandUniversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, III. Medizinische Klinik, Hamburg, DeutschlandObjective: Practical skills are an essential part of physicians’ daily routine. Nevertheless, medical graduates’ performance of basic skills is often below the expected level. This review aims to identify and summarize teaching approaches of basic practical skills in undergraduate medical education which provide evidence with respect to effective students’ learning of these skills.Methods: Basic practical skills were defined as basic physical examination skills, routine skills which get better with practice, and skills which are also performed by nurses. We searched PubMed with different terms describing these basic practical skills. In total, 3467 identified publications were screened and 205 articles were eventually reviewed for eligibility. Results: 43 studies that included at least one basic practical skill, a comparison of two groups of undergraduate medical students and effects on students’ performance were analyzed. Seven basic practical skills and 15 different teaching methods could be identified. The most consistent results with respect to effective teaching and acquisition of basic practical skills were found for structured skills training, feedback, and self-directed learning. Simulation was effective with specific teaching methods and in several studies no differences in teaching effects were detected between expert or peer instructors. Multimedia instruction, when used in the right setting, also showed beneficial effects for basic practical skills learning.Conclusion: A combination of voluntary or obligatory self-study with multimedia applications like video clips in combination with a structured program including the possibility for individual exercise with personal feedback by peers or teachers might provide a good learning opportunity for basic practical skills.http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2016-33/zma001063.shtmlbasic practical skillsclinical skillsphysical examinationskills trainingundergraduate medical education |
| spellingShingle | Vogel, Daniela Harendza, Sigrid Basic practical skills teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education – a review on methodological evidence GMS Journal for Medical Education basic practical skills clinical skills physical examination skills training undergraduate medical education |
| title | Basic practical skills teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education – a review on methodological evidence |
| title_full | Basic practical skills teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education – a review on methodological evidence |
| title_fullStr | Basic practical skills teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education – a review on methodological evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Basic practical skills teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education – a review on methodological evidence |
| title_short | Basic practical skills teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education – a review on methodological evidence |
| title_sort | basic practical skills teaching and learning in undergraduate medical education a review on methodological evidence |
| topic | basic practical skills clinical skills physical examination skills training undergraduate medical education |
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