Abstract

DELAS, Jordi et al. Watch, listen and learn: an educational film for teaching physical examination skills. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2014, vol.17, n.2, pp.93-97. ISSN 2014-9840.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S2014-98322014000200006.

Introduction. We created a short educational film to teach third-year medical students on physical examination, without previous experience in clinical skills. Designed to be understood without other explanations than those which appear in the film, the students are shown the film on their first day in the hospital. Materials and methods.The study has been made in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital Sagrat Cor of Barcelona during two consecutives course years. We assess the educational possibilities of this resource testing student skills before and after watching the film. The first evaluation was held on the students' first day in the hospital and they were informed that 48 hours later they would be given a second evaluation where they had to do a physical exploration according to the film. At the end of the 6-week period in the internal medicine department the third evaluation was given. All of these explorations were performed by the same professor with a same check list. Results. After watching the film, 48 hours after their arrival, the students had improved in the different tests on physical exploration, at an average rate of 43.4%. At the end of the stage their progression was of 14.3% improvement in relation to the third day of the course. Conclusion. A short film is a good element for training in normal physical exploration, faster than other teaching systems, and also gives permanent skills.

Keywords : Clinical competence; Educational measurement; Instructional films and videos; Medical education; Patient simulation; Physical examination.

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