2016/08/15 by Till Johannes Bugaj, Bugaj, T. J., Christoph Nikendei +1
Health Professions · Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Fertigkeiten #Innovations in Medical Education #Medicine #Patient Safety and Medication Errors #Simulation #Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare #Skills Lab #Skills Lab Training #medical education #medizinische Ausbildung #simulation #skills #skills lab #skills lab training
paper · doi:10.3205/zma001062
openalex publication_date 2016/08/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19
Today, skills laboratories or "skills labs", i.e. specific practical skill training facilities, are a firmly established part of medical education offering the possibility of training clinical procedures in a safe and fault-forging environment prior to real life application at bedside or in the operating room. Skills lab training follows a structured teaching concept, takes place under supervision and in consideration of methodological-didactic concepts, ideally creating an atmosphere that allows the repeated, anxiety- and risk-free practice of targeted skills. In this selective literature review, the first section is devoted to (I) the development and dissemination of the skills lab concept. There follows (II) an outline of the underlying idea and (III) an analysis of key efficacy factors. Thereafter, (IV) the training method's effectiveness and transference are illuminated, before (V) the use of student tutors, in the sense of peer-assisted-learning, in skills labs is discussed separately. Finally, (VI) the efficiency of the skills lab concept is analyzed, followed by an outlook on future developments and trends in the field of skills lab training.