Abstract

Introduction: The actual clinical teaching normative regulates the development of curricular activities, decreasing the student-patient contact time, making necessary a more efficient reading of the clinical information by the students. Simulation allows developing clinical skills in health professionals. This study describes the experience of simulated clinical record (SCR) workshops in undergraduate students and to report indicators of achievement of learning objectives on recognizing the parts of the clinical record and identify and extract relevant clinical information. Methodology: Four workshops of SCR were developed before the clinical visits in a subject in which students have the first clinical experience with real patients. The activity was guided by an academic, and it consisted of answering questionnaires of the location of information present in the SCR. At the end of the subject, clinical tutors and students evaluate the perception of these educational didactic and achievement of learning objectives using a dedicated survey. Results: Students reported high satisfaction with this methodology, recognizing that facilitates the learning process for obtaining relevant clinical information before the interview with real patients. On the other hand, the tutors reported that the students who performed the activity were trained to identify the parts of the clinical record. Both consider that the time-optimal dedicated to reading the clinical history is 10 to 20 minutes. Conclusion: Among students, the simulated clinical records workshops allowed the development of clinical skills related to identify, recognize, and optimize the time necessary to extract relevant clinical information in different clinical scenarios.