Simulación en la adquisición de competencias clínicas para la atención de lesiones por quemaduras y exposición al frío en estudiantes de medicina de noveno ciclo de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, periodo septiembre 2014 - marzo 2015.

Abstract

To implement the simulation workshop in emergency burn injuries and exposure to cold using the methodology of virtual and classroom education in order to evaluate the acquisition of clinical competence.

Through descriptive research using observation and by Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE), 42 UTPL medical students were evaluated their skills acquired in the workshop of burn injuries and exposure to cold.

It was possible to implement the workshop with the use and development of simulation material necessary for the acquisition of clinical skills. On the other hand, the OSCE is a useful and effective tool to determine the clinical skills that had greater difficult to learn.

All participants who attended the workshop showed trough simulation acquired clinical skills, proving to be a cost - effective method, successful and good reception by students to learn clinical skills in regard to injuries from burns and exposure to cold. Being virtual method slightly more effective against classroom method