Robotic Patient Trains Pharmacy Students
The SimMan 3G is surprisingly lifelike. Just like human patients, he breathes, sweats, and vomits; gets constipated; and experiences adverse reactions. Developed by Laerdal Medical of Norway, the robotic patient is gaining popularity as a training tool to prepare pharmacy students for the increasingly clinical demands of the profession.
Pharmacists-in-training can safely practice monitoring vitals, diagnosing symptoms, and administering medications on the SimMan G3 without the risks that come with practicing on human beings.
In a video posted on its Web site, the University of Bath shows a few of its students interacting with the robot, whom they affectionately call Simon. “I feel better now,” Simon announces after a successful treatment session. The scripted exchange feels stilted, but it is still a valuable exercise in human interaction for the students.
As the focus of pharmacy care shifts to patient counseling and medication therapy management, pharmacists will need a range of clinical, technical, and interpersonal skills to be successful. Training that intelligently recreates faceto- face patient encounters may be the best way for students to develop these skills before experimenting with real patients.
Link: http://pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2010/March2010/PharmacyTechNews-0310
I think this is a wonderful technology for pharmacy student because it utilize a robot to give health related information.Students can safely practice monitoring vitals, diagnosing symptoms, and administering medications to the SimMan G3 without the risks that come with practicing on human beings. I think is a great idea to learn through this tech and improve our knowledge in therapeutics.
Pharmacists-in-training can safely practice monitoring vitals, diagnosing symptoms, and administering medications on the SimMan G3 without the risks that come with practicing on human beings.
In a video posted on its Web site, the University of Bath shows a few of its students interacting with the robot, whom they affectionately call Simon. “I feel better now,” Simon announces after a successful treatment session. The scripted exchange feels stilted, but it is still a valuable exercise in human interaction for the students.
As the focus of pharmacy care shifts to patient counseling and medication therapy management, pharmacists will need a range of clinical, technical, and interpersonal skills to be successful. Training that intelligently recreates faceto- face patient encounters may be the best way for students to develop these skills before experimenting with real patients.
Link: http://pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2010/March2010/PharmacyTechNews-0310
I think this is a wonderful technology for pharmacy student because it utilize a robot to give health related information.Students can safely practice monitoring vitals, diagnosing symptoms, and administering medications to the SimMan G3 without the risks that come with practicing on human beings. I think is a great idea to learn through this tech and improve our knowledge in therapeutics.
As the focus of pharmacy affliction accouterment to accommodating counseling and medication analysis management, pharmacists will charge a ambit of clinical, technical, and interpersonal abilities to be successful.
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This is fascinating and would be great to help us learn even better. Hopefully in the near future many pharmacy school students would have the opportunity of learning with robots. In my opinion this would be an excellent tool to become a better pharmacist when we go to real life practice.
ResponderEliminarInteresting article! I think that this a very creative way for future clinical pharmacists to practice hands on skills without worrying about putting a patient's life at risk. I think that this would be a great investment or pharmacy colleges around the world. This kind of training will better prepare the students for what they will be seeing when they graduate and give them the skills to further apply what they have learned.
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