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Introducing clinical paediatrics to medical students: a novel hospital visitation programme involving Kindergarten

Mimi Pham1, Bronwyn Chan, Katrina Williams

  • 1School of Women and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, and Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

Medical Teacher
|July 27, 2010
PubMed

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A novel pediatric education program successfully taught medical students how to engage children during clinical examinations. The innovative approach involving healthy kindergarteners visiting a children's hospital proved highly effective and recommended for continuation.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Pediatrics
  • Clinical Skills Training

Background:

  • Increasing medical student numbers and decreasing pediatric hospitalizations necessitate innovative teaching methods in Australia.
  • The University of New South Wales developed a unique program utilizing healthy kindergarteners for pediatric clinical training.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To educate medical students on engaging pediatric patients and eliciting cooperation during physical examinations.
  • To provide practical experience in pediatric clinical assessment.

Main Methods:

  • Eight sessions involved 240 kindergarteners and 217 medical students at Sydney Children's Hospital.
  • Students rotated through five stations: gross motor skills, visual acuity, otoscopy, growth measurements, and cardiopulmonary auscultation.
  • Quantitative and qualitative data were collected via questionnaires for program evaluation.

Main Results:

  • 94% of medical students reported high satisfaction with learning to interact with children and understanding examination challenges.
  • The program successfully met its primary objective of teaching pediatric examination engagement.
  • Medical students, tutors, and participating schools overwhelmingly supported the program's continuation (94-100% agreement).

Conclusions:

  • This innovative program effectively introduces medical students to clinical pediatrics using well children.
  • The initiative offers a valuable, practical learning experience addressing current educational challenges in pediatric medicine.
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