In
health sciences and
medicine ,
collaborative learning has an important
role in the development of competences to solve clinical situations. Adequate cooperation, coordination and
communication skills have a direct effect on
patient safety .
Computer Supported
Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and Clinical Simulation (CS), separately, are effective and efficient educational
methods to develop competences in undergraduate
medical students . To our
knowledge ,
educational models that combine both
teaching methods , including a personalized
attention of the
student , educational
infrastructure ,
materials, teaching techniques and assessment competencies, have not been proposed previously. This article describes the application of a combined model of CSCL and CS for
teaching clinical competences to
medical students . Since 2015, the collaborative clinical simulation model is part of the
training agenda of the Universidad de Talca
Medical School in
Chile . During 2016 and 2017 it was also applied on
students of the Universidad de Barcelona
Faculty of
Medicine in
Spain . According to the experience acquired, implementation of this
method is feasible with commonly used
resources , although its real
efficacy remains to be evaluated.