Simulation Based Training in Internal Medicine as an Essential Adjunct to Conventional Medical Education in a Developing World Setting

Christopher Nyirenda; Kennedy Gondwe; Moono Silitongo; Samuel Phiri

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Simulation Based Training in Internal Medicine as an Essential Adjunct to Conventional Medical Education in a Developing World Setting

Christopher Nyirenda, Kennedy Gondwe, Moono Silitongo, Samuel Phiri

Published in European Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 1)

Received: 23 October 2020 Accepted: 26 November 2020 Published: 12 January 2021

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Medical training has over time significantly evolved globally. Plausibly, this may have been motivated by the need to produce qualified human resource in order to match the ever increasing demand on health services in the face of population growth and the associated rise in disease burden. The growing number of medical training institutions coupled with the increasing number of students enrolled in these institutions in the face of limited qualified human resource, infrastructure, equipment and patient subjects may pose a threat to the quality of medical training expected to be delivered and the caliber of graduates to be produced. However, this may also be an opportunity for the affected medical training institutions to come up with ways of supplementing the traditional methods of teaching in order to overcome the challenges met with delivering to huge numbers of students using the traditional approach alone. In this case simulation based training can be considered and applied in medical schools in the hope of enhancing training in clinical skills. The simulation based approach in training has been commonly used in faculties such as nursing, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology but less so, though now increasingly becoming the practice in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics training. Medical simulation can be defined as the use of a device or series of devices to emulate a real patient care situation or environment for the purposes of training, evaluation and/ or research. It is a mode of medical training that can enhance clinical skills in the students while also promoting patient safety. This paper will seek to examine the various simulation based methods and there applicability in medical training. The paper will further seek to analyze the role of simulation based training in the setting of medical education in Internal Medicine.

Published in	European Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ejcbs.20210701.11
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Internal Medicine, Medical Training, Medical Simulation, Simulators

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Christopher Nyirenda; Kennedy Gondwe; Moono Silitongo; Samuel Phiri. Simulation Based Training in Internal Medicine as an Essential Adjunct to Conventional Medical Education in a Developing World Setting. Eur. J. Clin. Biomed. Sci. 2021, 7(1), 1-5. doi: 10.11648/j.ejcbs.20210701.11

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Christopher Nyirenda, Kennedy Gondwe, Moono Silitongo, Samuel Phiri. Simulation Based Training in Internal Medicine as an Essential Adjunct to Conventional Medical Education in a Developing World Setting. Eur J Clin Biomed Sci. 2021;7(1):1-5. doi: 10.11648/j.ejcbs.20210701.11

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Christopher Nyirenda

Department of Internal Medicine, Ndola Teaching Hospital, Copper Belt University, Ndola, Zambia
Kennedy Gondwe

Department of Internal Medicine, Kitwe Teaching Hospital, Copper Belt University, Kitwe, Zambia
Moono Silitongo

Department of Anatomy, Copper Belt University, Ndola, Zambia
Samuel Phiri

Arthur Davison Children’s Teaching Hospital, Copper Belt University, Ndola, Zambia

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Christopher Nyirenda, Kennedy Gondwe, Moono Silitongo, Samuel Phiri. Simulation Based Training in Internal Medicine as an Essential Adjunct to Conventional Medical Education in a Developing World Setting. Eur J Clin Biomed Sci. 2021;7(1):1-5. doi: 10.11648/j.ejcbs.20210701.11

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