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A Road Map for Simulation Based Medical Students Training in Pediatrics: Preparing the Next Generation of Doctors

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Current Medical training in India is generally didactic and pedagogical, and often does not systematically prepare newly graduated doctors to be competent, confident and compassionate. After much deliberation, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has recently introduced a new outcome-driven curriculum for undergraduate medical student training with specific milestones and an emphasis on simulation-based learning and guided reflection. Simulation-based education and debriefing (guided reflection) has transformed medical training in many countries by accelerating learning curves, improving team skills and behavior, and enhancing provider confidence and competence. In this article, we provide a broad framework and roadmap suggesting how simulation-based education might be incorporated and contextualized by undergraduate medical institutions, especially for pediatric training, using local resources to achieve the goals of the new MCI competency-based and simulation-enhanced undergraduate curriculum

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Acknowledgements

Ashok Deorari, All India institute of Medical Science, Delhi. India; Rashmi Ramachandran, All India Institute of Medical Science, Delhi, India; Adam Cheng, KidSIM Simulation Program, Alberta, Canada; Gregg Lipschik, Life Support Training and Undergraduate Curriculum Simulation at Penn Medicine Philadelphia, USA; Erin Pete Devon, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania. USA; Harsh Bhoopatka, Clinical Skills Centre, University of Auckland New Zealand; Evan Sanders, Harvard Medical School. USA; Malcolm Smith, Department of Simulation, University of Leicester, UK; Jane Torrie, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

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  1. Krishna Institute of Medical Science, Secunderabad, Telangana, India

    Geethanjali Ramachandra

  2. Pediatric Simulation Training and Research Society (PediSTARS), Bengaluru, India

    Geethanjali Ramachandra, Ellen S Deutsch & Vinay M Nadkarni

  3. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

    Ellen S Deutsch & Vinay M Nadkarni

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Ramachandra, G., Deutsch, E.S. & Nadkarni, V.M. A Road Map for Simulation Based Medical Students Training in Pediatrics: Preparing the Next Generation of Doctors. Indian Pediatr 57, 950–956 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-2001-9

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