Designing Multidisciplinary Simulations

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Optimal simulation requires realistic settings (the area used to represent the clinical environment), able facilitators (those involved in the design and administration of the simulation), and skilled debriefers (experts in…

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Teaching Technical and Procedural Skills

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Fig. 38.1 Taxonomy of the cognitive domain. Bloom’s original Taxonomy (left) with one of many modifications showing the higher levels in parallel as opposed to a stepwise hierarchy [18] The…

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Trauma in Pregnancy

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Parameter Change in pregnancy Heart rate Baseline rate increased by 15 bpm Blood pressure (systolic and diastolic) Nadir of 15 mmHg below baseline by the end of the second trimester…

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Terrorism and Urban Trauma

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Fig. 28.1 Trauma/terror cycle Injuries and Injury Patterns While urban trauma is commonly typified by penetrating interpersonal trauma that includes gunshots and stabbings, blunt interpersonal violence follows closely behind in…

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Multiple-Choice Review Questions

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Lawrence M. Gillman, Sandy Widder, Michael Blaivas MD and Dimitrios Karakitsos (eds.)Trauma Team Dynamics10.1007/978-3-319-16586-8_39 39. Multiple-Choice Review Questions Sandy Widder1   and Lawrence M. Gillman2   (1) Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, 2D Walter Mackenzie Centre,…

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Constructive Debriefing for Trauma Team Education

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Phase Description Reaction • Identify initial thoughts and feelings of participants • Define learning objectives that are important to participants • Emotional washout, unwrap mental mindset of participants • Facilitators…

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Program Evaluation and Assessment of Learning

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Lawrence M. Gillman, Sandy Widder, Michael Blaivas MD and Dimitrios Karakitsos (eds.)Trauma Team Dynamics10.1007/978-3-319-16586-8_37 37. Program Evaluation and Assessment of Learning Vicki R. LeBlanc1, 2   and Walter Tavares3, 4, 5   (1) University of Ottawa Skills…

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Designing a Simulation Curriculum

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Fig. 34.1 Systematic educational design. Source: Sherbino J, Frank JR. Educational design: a CanMEDS guide for the health professions. Ottawa: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; 2011 [3]….

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Nuclear Injuries

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Fig. 32.1 Particle penetration. Alpha radiation—readily stopped by a sheet of paper. Beta radiation—stopped by an aluminum plate. Gamma radiation is eventually absorbed as it penetrates a dense material. Lead…

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