TY - JOUR
T1 - Utility of Simulation via Instant Messaging - Birmingham Advance (SIMBA) in medical education during COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Morgan, Georgia
AU - Melson, Eka
AU - Davitadze, Meri
AU - Ooi, Emma
AU - Zhou, Dengyi
AU - Hanania, Thia
AU - Chen, Wentin
AU - Thomas, Lucretia
AU - Allison, Isabel
AU - Ding, Michael
AU - Blaggan, Parisha
AU - Ng, Cai Ying
AU - Evans, Nia
AU - Warmington, Emily
AU - Radcliffe, Eloise
AU - Soran, Vina
AU - Nirmal, Rachel
AU - Boelaert, Kristien
AU - Cooney, Rachel
AU - Reddy-Kolanu, Vinay
AU - Karavitaki, Niki
AU - Pathmakanthan, Shri
AU - Arlt, Wiebke
AU - Kempegowda, Punith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/6/30
Y1 - 2021/6/30
N2 - Background Simulation via Instant Messaging – Birmingham Advance (SIMBA) aimed to improve clinicians’ confidence in managing various clinical scenarios during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods Five SIMBA sessions were conducted between May and August 2020. Each session included simulation of scenarios and interactive discussion. Participants’ self-reported confidence, acceptance, and relevance of the simulated cases were measured.
Results Significant improvement was observed in participants’ self-reported confidence (overall n = 204, p<0.001; adrenal n = 33, p<0.001; thyroid n = 37, p<0.001; pituitary n = 79, p<0.001; inflammatory bowel disease n = 17, p<0.001; acute medicine n = 38, p<0.001). Participants reported improvements in clinical competencies: patient care 52.0% (n = 106/204), professionalism 30.9% (n = 63/204), knowledge on patient management 84.8% (n = 173/204), systems-based practice 48.0% (n = 98/204), practice-based learning 69.6% (n = 142/204) and communication skills 25.5% (n = 52/204).
Conclusion SIMBA is a novel pedagogical virtual simulation-based learning model that improves clinicians’ confidence in managing conditions across various specialties.
AB - Background Simulation via Instant Messaging – Birmingham Advance (SIMBA) aimed to improve clinicians’ confidence in managing various clinical scenarios during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods Five SIMBA sessions were conducted between May and August 2020. Each session included simulation of scenarios and interactive discussion. Participants’ self-reported confidence, acceptance, and relevance of the simulated cases were measured.
Results Significant improvement was observed in participants’ self-reported confidence (overall n = 204, p<0.001; adrenal n = 33, p<0.001; thyroid n = 37, p<0.001; pituitary n = 79, p<0.001; inflammatory bowel disease n = 17, p<0.001; acute medicine n = 38, p<0.001). Participants reported improvements in clinical competencies: patient care 52.0% (n = 106/204), professionalism 30.9% (n = 63/204), knowledge on patient management 84.8% (n = 173/204), systems-based practice 48.0% (n = 98/204), practice-based learning 69.6% (n = 142/204) and communication skills 25.5% (n = 52/204).
Conclusion SIMBA is a novel pedagogical virtual simulation-based learning model that improves clinicians’ confidence in managing conditions across various specialties.
KW - COVID-19
KW - medical education
KW - simulation-based learning
KW - virtual
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U2 - 10.4997/JRCPE.2021.218
DO - 10.4997/JRCPE.2021.218
M3 - Article
SN - 1478-2715
VL - 51
SP - 168
EP - 172
JO - Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
JF - Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
IS - 2
ER -