Simulation in Medical Education (SiME) Seminar Series
DATE & TIME: March 2, 2010@ 12 noon, Brown Bag Lunch
LOCATION: MSOB (Medical School Office Building) X226
SPEAKERS:
Heli Ruokamo, Professor, Director of Centre for Media Pedagogy
Tuulikki Keskitalo, Project Manager, Researcher
AFFILIATION: University of Lapland, Faculty of Education, Centre for Media Pedagogy
TITLE: Designing and Testing a Pedagogical Model for Simulation-based Learning Environments:
Preliminary Findings and Perspectives for Future Research
DETAILS: This study aims to develop and test a pedagogical model for a simulation-based learning environment in healthcare education on the basis of a design-based research (DBR) method. The model is based on the ideas of facilitating, training and learning (FTL) (cf. Teaching, Studying and Learning), previous pedagogical models and the characteristics of meaningful learning. In this study, these characteristics are used to describe the training process of the students. The first teaching experiment of this study was organised in Arcada University of Applied Sciences (Helsinki, Finland) in spring 2009. During the experiment data was collected using various methods: pre and post questionnaires, interviews, video recordings and student learning diaries. 14 paramedic students and 4 facilitators were participating into a study and data was analyzed using the content analysis method. The results indicate that the use of simulations supported the training characteristics of meaningful learning considerably, although the emotional, critical, goal-oriented and individual characteristics were not fully realized. Based on these results, a redesigned pedagogical model was outlined and it will be tested at the Stanford University, School of Medicine in spring 2010. Data will be collected using the pre and post questionnaires, the group interviews and video recordings. On the basis of the results of this data the pedagogical model will be developed further and tested in Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences (Rovaniemi, Finland) in 2011. This research is a part of the MediPeda III project [http://www.ulapland.fi/medipeda/eng] funded Tekes (The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovations) and EDRF (European Regional Development Fund) as well as number of public and private financiers.
