2012-12-14

Summative evaluation for the 20th Group

Some of these dialogues came from this afternoon session for the summative evaluation by the medical students of the group 20th.

Med Student5: I am nervous and excited all the time especially when I have to do new thing at the very first time.
501: Relax a bit, all new things or the first can happen every single day.

MS5: Learning by simulation is good, have a chance to think, although my ideas can be formed, but I am not sure whether or not my opinion is right.
501: Good, you can think, however, just think and keep it in your head or your mind is not enough, you have to express out and share with others, don't ask can mean either you know it so well or it shows that you are not interested in the topic being discussed. Don't forget the policy "don't ask, don't tell". Everyone who receives your question would be definitely happy, because when you ask, you have to learn something or must know something, and then you have processed your ideas and form a final question out from your brain. It is an essential skill for your generation, the 21st Century skill.

MS5: Would love to have more than one session of the Sim Based Learning, because it is a very good way to learn, is it possible that we can have an examination with this method?
501: You do have to omit three lectures, so that we can have some more vacant space to accommodate another simulation teaching, let us know which lectures  you would like to get rid of. We in this department have waited for a big move forwards from other departments which have more time to teach you especially the department who has more than six weeks working with you, there should be at least three classes of simulation during your study. We have been waiting and still waiting to see major departments start their real high fidelity simulation class like ours which has only 10 days or just 8 days and a half to spend with you.

For the examination or assessment with SBL is a very expensive one and have to invest in the time being with  you, indeed it is a very good way for examination, but you may need a 3-hour period just for a group of 10 for three stations. It has to be done by the faculty policy.

501: What's about preoperative evaluation and preparation? we have been told not to teach you this area, because you have been taught a lot! during your surgical rotation.
MS5: Indeed, we have been lectured about the preoperative evaluation, but it may be theoretical not in the practical way. Co-existing diseases have never been discussed during the rotation especially when the patient has multiple drug therapy such as for management of hypertension, we have no ideas about which one to continue or which should be discontinued. It is also the problem of medical patients, we have never been taught about if our patient need an operation what we should do next on our patient in the continuous care.

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