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Rayan Mohamed-Ahmed¹, Alex Daniels¹, Jack Goodall¹

¹Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle, UK.

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Global Health
Simulation-Based Learning

Background:

Increasing globalization necessitates global health education for medical undergraduates.
Hands-on global health exposure for students often occurs during elective periods.
A student-led initiative, 'Disaster Day', utilized simulation to address this educational gap.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe and evaluate an innovative student-led simulation initiative for teaching global health to medical undergraduates.
To assess the impact of the simulation on students' confidence in key global health learning domains.

Main Methods:

The 'Disaster Day' involved an introduction to Médecins Sans Frontières and resuscitation principles.
Students participated in four interactive simulation scenarios: infectious diseases, natural disaster, obstetric emergency, and war injuries.
Confidence levels were measured using pre- and post-session evaluations on an eight-domain Likert scale.

Main Results:

Twenty-seven students attended, providing comprehensive feedback.
Statistically significant improvements in confidence were observed across most learning domains post-simulation.
Student feedback highlighted the value of practical, hands-on scenario-based learning.

Conclusions:

Simulation-based teaching offers a controlled and reproducible method for global health education.
This approach effectively enhances student confidence in various global health competencies.
Wider adoption of such methods can foster more well-rounded clinicians prepared for diverse patient populations.