From MHAM to Singapore: (L-R) Dr. Princess Lorezo, Dr. Louella Quijano, Dr. Ma. Socorro Manaloto, Dr. Donny Jay Yu, Dr. Elmer Lopez, Dr. Axel Elises and Dr. Ted Marcerey Gallo
Seven faculty members of the MHAM CM Sim CITTI (Simulation Center for Integrated Teaching and Training Innovation) Core Group have participated the Simulation Faculty Development Workshop at the Centre for Healthcare Simulation, National University of Singapore (NUS) last February 21 to 22 and 24, 2017.
Dr. Ma. Socorro Manaloto, Dr. Axel Elises, Dr. Ma. Louella Quijano, Dr. Donny Jay Yu, Dr. Elmer Lopez, Dr. Ted Marcerey Gallo and Dr. Princess Lorezo were among the Asian medical mentors who worked in groups, shared their experiences and exchanged their ideas during the two-session workshop.
MHAM CM Sim CITTI (Simulation Center for Integrated Teaching and Training Innovation) Core Group in NUS
According to the MHAM College Dean, the establishment of the Sim CITTI as a Simulation Center is a new strategy in teaching and in learning in which students can learn the clinical skills in a safe environment before they are sent to the hospitals. “The relevance in establishing the Simulation Center creates a very safe environment as our students can now actually apply near to real and high fidelity situations before they are sent to the actual patients. Their confidence and competency are better because they do it in simulated scenarios and they can even repeat the processes with the use of simulators and task trainers, unlike before in our time as students, when we were just sent to actual patients with our first time experiences. Although it’s very expensive but we are now convinced how helpful it is to our students and the Sim CITTI Core Group are now encouraged to establish this Simulation Center for an innovative and integrated learning”, said Dr. Manaloto.
She also added that the objective for the Simulation Center is to integrate it to learning to help students hone their ethical considerations, reactions, how to handle stress and communication skills in the medical field. In addition, it will be open not only to clinical purposes but later on to the basic sciences and to residents and higher medical professionals as well.
Organized by the Centre for Healthcare Simulation in NUS, the first set two-day workshop was focused on “Fundamentals of Simulation-Based Healthcare Education”, consisting of short didactic sessions and hands-on practice of the essential skills needed for simulation-based healthcare education.
The second set was centered on “Debriefing in Simulation-Based Healthcare Education” which is meant to provide both Undergraduate and Postgraduate faculty with additional skills to facilitate an effective debriefing session.
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Meanwhile, Dr. Manaloto is set to take the Simulation Instructor Course in Singapore next month, which is to be led by experienced Harvard-affiliated faculty whose expertise in running a simulation program can bring all trained healthcare educators to the next level of incorporating simulation into their curricula.
The Simulation-based education is now adopted by tertiary healthcare institutions globally, and hopefully the MHAM CM Skills Laboratory and Simulation Center at the new school building in Banawa, Cebu City could be the very first in the Visayas region. (Ana Liza Abao)