Question

Think about challenges you faced when you first started learning how to do physical assessments and take care of patients. Are there ways to make a very high-pressure situation low-pressure using simulations?

Answer 1

Using simulations physical assessments and patient handling can be made a lot easier. Through simulation students can learn better ways to handle a patient. Prior demonstrations of physical assessment and proper use and handling of equipments can make the assessments easy. Performing of special tests on demo models can make students thorough in the tests. Demonstrations lead to better learning and understanding of tests and assessments.

Visual simulation make better understanding of how to perform the assessment, how to position the patient and equipments and what results should one get and how to interpretet them.