title: SimBaby Plus Standardized Patient Teaching Model in the Teaching of Cases of Acute and Severe Bronchopneumonia in Infancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of SimBaby plus standardized patient (SP) teaching model in the simulation teaching of acute and severe bronchopneumonia in infancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 40 students majoring in clinical medicine were assigned to either group A (SimBaby group, n = 20) or group B (SP + SimBaby group, n = 20). Medical students' expertise and their ability to apply the expertise on acute and severe bronchopneumonia in infancy were assessed using a scoring method, and the impact of the teaching model of SimBaby plus SP on medical students' comprehensive clinical capacity was assessed using a questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The SimBaby plus SP teaching model resulted in medical students' improvement in mastery and application of the knowledge on diagnostic accuracy, airway management, endotracheal intubation, and cardiac massage, enhancement of learning interest, learning initiative, and enthusiasm, as well as abilities in assessment of information, meta-analysis, linguistic organization and expression, communication, and clinical thinking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The SimBaby plus SP teaching model provided students with a real simulation-based teaching case of "interrogation-physical examination-operating practices" achieving satisfactory teaching outcome and also provided a reference case example for clinical teaching of other pediatric diseases.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China; and †Department of Pediatrics, Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chuan
authors.forename: Xiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jie
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Wu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xiao-Chuan
authors.forename: Mao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ding-An
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sheng
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D019468:Disease Management; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D006336:Heart Massage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D007858:Learning / Q000941:ethics; D016544:Patient Simulation; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*