Establishing a program using simulation to teach and evaluate medical student’s bag-valve-mask ventilation and endotracheal intubation skills

Abstract

Medical students can quickly learn and acquire clinical skills, especially lifesaving and airway management skills. Many international studies support a simulation program to teach and evaluate medical students’ bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilation and endotracheal intubation (ETI) skills. This article aims to establish such a program, which can be efficiently and effectively integrated into the curriculum of medical colleges. The minimal integration and training of medical students in these skills have limited their abilities, particularly after graduation, to participate actively in disastrous and high-demand situations. Kern and colleagues’ six-step approach to curriculum development 1998 will be used as a conceptual framework. This review concludes that establishing a simulation program to teach and evaluate medical students’ BVM ventilation and ETI skills is beneficial and essential. It should be integrated into the curriculum of medical colleges. More research is needed to explore the actual situation and reach a recommendation about more integration of the BVM ventilation and ETI program into medical students’ curriculum.

Keywords

• bag-valve-mask ventilation
• endotracheal intubation
• medical students
• simulation