Nowadays, the need for practical skills and problem-solving capabilities remains largely unmet in many medical school curricula across Europe. These trainings, in fact, remain largely anchored to a traditional paradigm of learning a discrete amount of information about pathophysiology principles and illnesses’ descriptions, without worrying about developing the skills necessary to work confidently “on the patient”.

Digital tools based on macro-and microsimulation, thanks to their flexibility, effectiveness, accuracy and accessibility may give a fundamental contribution in solving this issue, and we want to apply their potential in undergraduate medical students’ education.

In this sense, this Seasonal School:, MEDSKILL – Developement of MEDical SKILLs by Simulation, aims to provide medical and surgical students with some of the key habilities they would need for the future, focusing on on transthoracic and abdominal ultrasound methods and the main cardiovascular and abdominal diseases.

The MEDSKILL school will allow students to

– get in touch with digital tools that facilitate the study of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and clinical reasoning;
– confront virtual patients/mannequins, interpret their artificial symptoms/signs and make decisions, taking into account the appropriateness of the choice, as well as ethical correlates and sustainability;
– mimic clinical situations to test patient communication skills, simulate the use of diagnostic equipment, team leaders and interventional therapies.

Teaching methodologies

The MEDSKILL initiative will deliver both lectures and hands-on lab sessions, divided into formal theoretical lessons and practical internships in the Simulabo classroom with the use of the Vimedix ultrasound and advanced echocardiography simulator.  Each practical session is preceded by an introduction on the theoretical aspects of the maneuvers that will be carried out and followed by a debriefing session.

WHEN

From the 6 to the 10 of October, 2025

WHERE

Onsite at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

APPLICATION DEADLINE

1 of September, 2025

FOR WHOM

Students enrolled in a degree course in Medicine and Surgery (from the fourth year onwards) or enrolled in a specialization course or in a residency course (Medicine and Surgery).