In situ simulation and simulated “mother”, new pedagogical strategies in pediatrics

Abstract

The teaching-learning process in clinical disciplines includes
amongst its challenges the acquisition of the student’s skills with the
patient. Opportunities for clinical practice have diminished. A smaller
number of pediatric visits in 2020 during the Coronavirus pandemic
increased this fact.
Objective: to communicate the experience of in situ simulation
and simulated mother carried out by the faculty of the Pediatric
Emergency Department of the Pereira Rossell Hospital Center,
address to students in the Pediatrics Curricular Unit (School of
Medicine- UdelaR), in the case of an infant patient with respiratory
pathology.
Methods: Descriptive study. Simulated mother: faculty members/
residents. Simulator: intermediate technology infant. Participants in
the scenario: 2 students. Location: DPE.PRHC. Period: SeptemberDecember 2020.
Results: 327 students participated in the simulation, 255 answered the census. Usefulness of the simulation: 53.2% very useful /
excellent, little or not at all useful 24.8%, no answer 22%. Credibility:
acceptable 38%, very credible / excellent 27.5%, 12.5% little or not at
all credible, 22% do not answer. Group participation in the debriefing
64.5%, partial participation 11.4%, without debriefing 2.1%, no answer
22%.
Discussion: Of the 327 students who carried out the simulation at
least 24,8 % perceived it as little or not useful. The lack of previous
information, the participation in the scenario of 2 students per group
and the little interaction in the debriefing in some groups could have
influenced.
Conclusions: The communicated experience generated new
teaching-learning opportunities. Methodological aspects that can be
improved were identified.