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Clinical Skills Simulation Complementing Core Content: Development of the Simulation Lab Integrated Curriculum Experience (SLICE)

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Simulation is emerging as an essential component of the medical school curriculum. Simulation Lab Integrated Curriculum Experience (SLICE) is a student-organized program at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine (UNC SOM) for medical students that provides skills-based training sessions to augment didactic learning experiences. During its pilot year, SLICE conducted five events with respondents completing pre-and post-surveys evaluating participants’ level of comfort with procedures. There was a significant increase in self-reported confidence after each session, with students providing overwhelmingly positive feedback regarding SLICE’s ability to contextualize material presented in traditional lectures.

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    Drew Cutshaw, Thomas O’Gorman, Gary L. Beck Dallaghan, Anita Swiman, Benny L. Joyner Jr, Kurt Gilliland & Paul Shea

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Cutshaw, D., O’Gorman, T., Beck Dallaghan, G.L. et al. Clinical Skills Simulation Complementing Core Content: Development of the Simulation Lab Integrated Curriculum Experience (SLICE). Med.Sci.Educ. 29, 643–646 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-019-00771-9

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