One of the aspects of OUWB that truly sets it apart is the 临床技能培训 & 模拟中心 — the school’s primary site for learners to practice 和 perfect patient skills in a realistic, 最先进的设施.
临床技能培训 & 模拟中心 is home to 16 simulated patient rooms, student 和 patient assembly areas, 教室, separate video control 和 observation suites.
It’s all in the name of providing students a h和s-on training experience.
But what’s to be done when being h和s-on isn’t a possibility?
Plenty, according to Maurice Kavanagh Ed.D., director of 临床技能培训 和 模拟中心.
“The vast majority of the CSC offerings are designed around face-to-face, 更有挑战性的是, h和s-on experiences with patients,他说. “我们不得不重新配置, 在大多数情况下, redesign how we present the course materials 和 exams.”
Kavanagh took some time to answer a few questions on how the 临床技能培训 & 模拟中心 is staying on track given the challenges presented by the COVID-19 p和emic.
What are the challenges of working remotely?
The timeline of courses 和 clerkships remains largely unchanged, necessitating revisions occur with little to no lead time. This gives a whole new meaning to the "just in time" concept of production!
与上述相关, 仔细观察的能力, 相互作用, teach students the close personal aspects, 包括联系, of the doctor patient interaction 都很难重现. This is true for training the (st和ardized patients), too.
轻松进入休闲, 社团的交流, often the source of many an inspiration, 都很难重现, 即使有视频链接.
How are you 适应ing to this way of working?
It is challenging,, even in the face of stay-at-home orders, kind of liberating. (I have not needed to tie a necktie in almost two months!)
We are collaborating with colleagues at other institutions to develop ways of presenting the curriculum with as much fidelity as reasonably possible. The AAMC 和 NBME have been providing guidance with this.
We stay in regular contact via phone 和 Google Hangouts.
Is there something you want to share with this audience about the new normal for the 临床技能中心?
The new normal for the CSC is a hodgepodge network of Google Hangouts, Panopto, 网讯, 学习的空间, 我们的手机,... I expect as we return to the face-to-face environment of the CSC we will need to continue to develop remotely accessible resources for clinical skills. While the current circumstances are challenging for sure, 他们确实打开了很多扇门, present countless opportunities.
When we return to "regular face-to-face,“不管那是什么, our focus will be towards making the remote encounter a more mainstream part of our curriculum.
When you're not working, how are you coping with quarantine?
What's this "not working" thing you talk about? All of us are putting in more hours than before!
I'm quarantined with my fiancee 和 the boys (3 和 15) in Virginia, just south of D.C. She is currently assigned to the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Virginia. 学校和日托都关闭了, 我们忙得不可开交, doing school work 和 taking care of two active young fellows!
For more on the 临床技能中心, check out the video below!
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