A Pilot Curriculum to Integrate Standardized Patient Simulation into Clinical Pastoral Education.

A Pilot Curriculum to Integrate Standardized Patient Simulation into Clinical Pastoral Education.

Ahmed Rami A; Damore Deborah R; Viti Joseph F; Hughes Patrick G; Miesle Rebecca; Ataya Ramsey; Atkinson S Scott; Gable Brad

The American journal of hospice & palliative care

2016

2016-06

INTRODUCTION: We describe a novel means of experiential learning for clinical pastoral care residents using standardized patient (SP) simulations. METHODS: A prospective cohort study involving 7 clinical pastoral care residents was performed. All residents underwent 2 verbatim SP sessions and 2 simulation sessions. After all sessions, residents completed a self-evaluation. Faculty completed an evaluation and then provided a debriefing session to all residents. RESULTS: Performance ratings were globally higher on simulated scenarios when compared to the verbatim sessions. CONCLUSIONS: More research in the field of pastoral care is needed to validate the learned professional skills that enhance a comprehensive training program through the use of medical simulation, verbatim reports, and clinical pastoral education (CPE) competencies. Medical simulation provides a promising teaching methodology for the training of CPE residents.

*Patient Simulation; Checklists; Clergy; Clinical Competence; clinical pastoral care; clinical pastoral education; CPE; Curriculum; Data Analysis Software; Descriptive Statistics; Experiential Learning; Human; Humans; Pastoral Care/*education; pastoral resident; Patient Simulation – Utilization; Performance Measurement Systems; Pilot Projects; Problem-Based Learning/*methods; Prospective Studies; simulation; Spiritual Care – Education; standardized patient; verbatim

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