Effects of a teaching mode combining SimBaby with standardized patients on medical students' attitudes toward communication skills.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a teaching mode combining SimBaby with standardized patients (SP) on medical students' attitudes toward communication skills (CS).

Methods: Forty 8-year medical program students majoring in clinical medicine were randomly divided into the SimBaby group (n = 20) and the SP + SimBaby group (n = 20). The Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS) was used to evaluate medical students' attitudes toward CS learning.

Laparoscopic partial splenectomy of benign tumors assisted by microwave ablation.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the application and the feasibility of microwave ablation in laparoscopic partial splenectomy.

Materials And Methods: From January 2018 to June 2019, four patients with benign spleen lesions in our hospital underwent laparoscopic partial splenectomy assisted by microwave ablation. The reviewed parameters included the operation time, intraoperative blood loss, ablation time, frequency of ablation, postoperative drainage time, postoperative hospitalization time, and postoperative complications.