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Dario Cecilio-Fernandes¹, Carolina Felipe Soares Brandão², Davi Lopes Catanio de Oliveira³

¹Center for Education Development and Research in Health Professions (CEDAR), research group LEARN, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

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Summary

Simulation training before clinical rotations significantly boosts medical students' knowledge acquisition and retention. This approach enhances learning compared to traditional methods, ensuring better skill development for future practice.

Keywords:

high-fidelity simulation knowledge retention medical education undergraduate

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Simulation-Based Learning

Background:

Clinical rotations present challenges in practical skill acquisition for medical students.
Simulation training is increasingly used but skill transfer remains a hurdle.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate if pre-rotation simulation training improves medical students' knowledge acquisition and retention.

Main Methods:

Two groups of medical students were compared: one with traditional curriculum (Group A) and one with added simulation training (Group B).
Knowledge tests were administered before rotation and after 6 months.
Repeated measure ANOVA and t-tests were used for analysis.

Main Results:

Group B demonstrated significantly higher scores on knowledge tests compared to Group A.
Group B showed knowledge increase over time, while Group A exhibited knowledge decay.
Exceptions were noted in the Trauma topic during the initial assessment.

Conclusions:

Pre-clinical rotation simulation training enhances medical students' knowledge acquisition.
Simulation training improves long-term knowledge retention compared to traditional methods.