Simulation based medical education; teaching normal delivery on intermediate fidelity simulator to medical students

Objective: to assess the effectiveness of medium fidelity simulator in teaching normal vaginal delivery to medical students. methods: the quasi-experimental study was conducted at the professional development centre of the jinnah sindh medical university,karachi,from june to december 2015,and comprised medical students. third-year medical students were included. they were divided into two groups. group a was taught normal delivery through traditional powerpoint and group b through simulator. the instruments used for assessing knowledge were pre-test and post-test,for skills of labour/delivery checklist of performance was used,and perception forms were filled to evaluate workshops/learning environment by students. results: of the 76 participants,there were 36(47.4%) in group a and 40α52.6%) in group b. the overall mean age of the participants was 20.86±0.76 years in group b and 20.60±0.95 years in group a (p=0.19). the mean grade point average of the participants was 2.89±0.47 in group a and 2.87±0.48 in group b (p=0.81).group b performed much better in skill of delivery having a mean score of 8.91±3.20compared to group a which had mean of 5.67±1.84 (p<0.01). conclusion: simulation-based skill learning showed significantly better results. © 2017,pakistan medical association. all rights reserved.