This module was written by Adam Feather, a senior lecturer in clinical skills at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.  The module relates to areas 1, 2 and 3 of the Professional Development Framework for Supervisors in the London Deanery.

Acknowledgements

Several small sections including using real and simulated patients and Peyton’s four-stage approach were originally cited in Feather A and Fry H (2008) Chapter 23: Key aspects in teaching and learning in medicine and dentistry. In: Fry H, Ketteridge S and Marshall S (eds) A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: enhancing academic practice (3e). Kogan Page, London.

Teachers’ toolkit

Planning, teaching and evaluating a clinical skills session

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Further reading and online resources

Ker J and Bradley P (2007) Simulation in Medical Education. Association for the Study of Medical Education, Edinburgh.

Association of Standardized Patient Educators – US-based organisation; website provides good ideas around the use of simulated patients.

Association for the Study of Medical Education - conference report providing an extensive review of the employment of LCE in the UK.

Assocation for the Study of Medical Education -  report on simulation in medical education conference, February 2004.

The Ausculation Assistant - a simple, nicely configured website directed at the early years of auscultation; there are many other sites that offer similar heart and breath sounds.

St George's, University of London e-Learning Unit - an excellent website under development at St George’s Medical School. It contains both locally produced examination skills videos and procedural videos from Dalhousie University Medical School, USA.

Simulated Patients UK website.

The New England Journal of Medicine - another excellent website available in most UK medical libraries.

University of Belfast Medical School - freely accessible, comprehensive website.