Achievements of a basic life support course taught by medical students / 医学教育

1) Osaka City University Medical School provides basic life support courses in the Skills Simulation Center. Most instructors are members of the Life Support Club, a medical students' extracurricular activity.2) We investigated the numbers and opinions of participants(December 2006 through July 2008). The numbers of trainee and instructors were 1071 and 1223, respectively. The student instructors considered their activities worthwhile.3) The trainees highly appreciated the student instructors and showed that the effectiveness of training was excellent. Our results show that basic life support courses taught by medical students are beneficial for both trainees and student instructors.

A training method of central venous catheterization using a simulator / 医学教育

1) The central venous catheterization (CVC) training program for 2 trainees involves an instructor, a CVC insertion simulator (Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd), and a simulated patient.<br>2) The questionnaire filled out by trainees after the program showed favorable opinions, particularly the method of learning after the practice.<br>3) It is important that effective simulation programs for trainees are designed to develop practical procedures and professional attitudes as a physician using both a simulator and a simulated patient.