CHCS Perspectives Winter 2014

A debriefing of all six cases will take place in the classroom during the next pulmonology class session. Both Dr. Hendrix and Pennington are proud of the students’ efforts. “They embraced the moment in each and every case. Not one student gave up, although it was an exhausting four hours for them” said Pennington. “They had so much fun. To see the ah- ha moments in their faces was just priceless.” Dr. Hendrix will be using simulation again during her neurology course this semester. “I’ll be tapping the expertise of Ms. Pennington,” she stated. “I could not have pulled this off without her and her team. We had so much fun doing this. The students are really understanding and retaining the information. Many of these concepts are not easy, so I am quite proud of everyone involved.” Diana Hernandez arrives at a diagnosis. Dixie Pennington works behind the scenes. Jeremy Lamb carefully assesses his patient based on diagnostic data. Photo Credit: Rohan Swanston, class of 2015 “What an incredible experience.” “This was so much fun. It really makes concepts we learn in the classroom stick.” “I wasn’t really clear about what you meant, but now that I see how it all plays out in real-time. I really get it.” “Thank you for coming up with an innovative way for us to learn.” “When do we get to do this again?” “This was so real, it was scary.” “Your standardized patient was so good. I thought she was really ill.” Mannequins and carefully designed standardized patient scenarios allow the stu- dents to immediately see the consequences of their decisions. Their virtual pa- tients either become worse, or they will do better. The emotional and intellectual impact on the students was immediate and resulted in a range of positive feed- back as exemplified by the following comments: