Medical Simulation Center

It is now universally recognized that the majority of medical errors are as a result of a lack of non-technical skills rather than issues with technical skills. Hence the world-over now students of all healthcare disciplines are trained in teamwork, communication, leadership, situational awareness, etc as part of their training. SBV has recognized the need for equipping faculty with the skills to impart this training to their students. The MSC runs regular faculty development programs to train internal and external faculty in non-technical skills, separately as well as in collaboration with national and international knowledge partners.

Procedural Skills are being increasingly formally taught on mannequins to medical and nursing students and interns during their training. Many of the faculty involved in imparting these skills is not trained in the teaching methodology. There is evidence to suggest that unless these skills are taught keeping sound educational principles in mind, it will not lead to effective learning. These workshops are designed as a training of trainers program to fill this gap.

The Centre for Healthcare Professional Education conducts a diploma course every year in healthcare professional education. MSC collaborates in this program by teaching the simulation module of the course.

SBV has been at the forefront of training and using standardized patients (SPs). Our SPs are drawn from the neighboring villages where housewives and others devote their free time as SPs to train our MBBS students. Using the experience gained faculty workshop has been developed to train faculty in the use of this modality of simulation to train their students.