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Postgraduate medical procedural skills: attainment of curricular competencies using enhanced simulation-based mastery
Pauline McAleer1, Victoria R Tallentire2, Suzanne Anderson Stirling3
1NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK pauline.mcaleer@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk.
Introduction:
A new UK medical postgraduate curriculum prompted the creation of a novel national medical postgraduate 'boot camp'. An enhanced simulation-based mastery learning (SBML) methodology was created to deliver procedural skills teaching within this national boot camp. This study aimed to explore the impact of SBML in a UK medical boot camp.
Methods:
One-hundred and two Scottish medical trainees attended a 3-day boot camp starting in August 2019. The novel enhanced SBML pathway entailed online pre-learning resources, deliberate practice, and simulation assessment and feedback. Data were gathered via pre- and post-boot camp questionnaires and assessment checklists.
Results:
The vast majority of learners achieved the required standard of performance. Learners reported increased skill confidence levels, including skills not performed at the boot camp.
Conclusion:
An enhanced SBML methodology in a boot camp model enabled streamlined, standardised procedural skill teaching to a national cohort of junior doctors. Training curricular competencies were achieved alongside increased skill confidence.
