The use of a high-fidelity simulation manikin in teaching clinical skills to fourth year undergraduate pharmacy students TaylorDenise HaddingtonNicholas HanningLyn WeissMarjorie 2020 Background: A relatively new development in simulation-based teaching in healthcare education is the use of simulation<br>manikins. While these have been used to teach clinical skills in various health disciplines, little has been reported on their use in<br>UK undergraduate pharmacy programmes.<br>Aims: To investigate the use of a simulation manikin to teach clinical skills to undergraduate pharmacy students.<br>Method: A fourth year unit was developed to teach clinical skills to undergraduate pharmacists, including communication,<br>consultation skills, clinical decision making and physical examination. A pre- and post-unit questionnaire was used to gather<br>data relating to student confidence, self rated competence and student experience.<br>Results: Student confidence and self-rated competence in key clinical skills increased significantly. High levels of acceptability<br>for this teaching method were reported.<br>Conclusion: This method of teaching clinical skills is effective and highly acceptable to undergraduate pharmacy students.<br>Further research is necessary to compare this to other methods.