CONTINUED Polishing OF Medical COMPETENCIES
One thing about the patient people: As Singapore’s people ages and medical advancements advance our understanding and capacity to diagnose and treat problems will only increase in the coming years. There’s a press for more multi-disciplinary and organized care, and the medical system will also get extremely difficult.
Simulations, which use role-play practice in a reasonable setting, such as with manikins or standardized patients, have become increasingly important in nursing schools. With technological progress, universities have also employed more digital simulations.
Take, for instance, the placement of parenteral and urinary catheters. These are very popular medical procedures, and the use of head-mounted virtual reality simulations has given students the chance to practice these skills frequently even when not in class.
But, model is meant to bridge a difference between text and practice, not to remove learning in medical configurations.
During medical attachments, a team of nurse educators and medical practitioners provide nursing students with” just-in-time” learning opportunities, where they focus on knowledge and skills especially related to the dynamic problems of real people encountered.