Computer and Web Based Simulators
Fig. 14.1 A screen-based simulator for general anesthesia training, ca. 1987. The simulator’s mouse-controlled graphics display is shown, depicting a patient, the patient history, and key aspects of the operating…
Simulation in Pediatrics
Fig. 35.1 Real pediatric survival rates (right scale) related to the number of mock codes (left scale). CPA cardiopulmonary arrest (Reprinted with permission from Andreatta et al. [46]) Discipline-Specific Curricula…
Simulation in Radiology: Endovascular and Interventional Techniques
Fig. 39.1 Simbionix AngioMentor: (a) AngioMentor workstation, (b) workstation with projected image (note physiologic data inlay), (c) virtual angiographic image, (d) CT image corresponding to fluoroscopic views of abdominal aortic…
Continuing Education in Simulation
Profession Accrediting CE organization Physicians Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Nurses American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Pharmacists Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Respiratory care American Association of…
Simulation in Psychiatry
How are these skills taught? A variety of techniques have been used as interventions to teach skills in mental health education: SPs [3, 6–10, 12, 13, 16, 21] Mannequins [14,…
Simulation in Emergency Medicine
1. Objectives: Create learning/assessment objectives 2. Learners: Incorporate background/needs of learners 3. Patient: Create a patient vignette to meet objectives which also must elicit the performance you want to observe…
Simulation in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Fig. 37.1 Part-Task trainer to help teach endotracheal intubation (Used with permission of Laerdal) Dr. Mayo and colleagues have published a series of studies investigating the use of simulation as…
Simulation in Family Medicine
Fig. 22.1 Web-based, interactive scenario designed for use by medical students during their third-year clinical clerkship in family medicine. The dyspepsia case (shown) addresses several learning objectives embedded within the…
Simulation in Pain and Palliative Care
Fig. 34.1 Lumbar/thoracic epidural/spinal placement simulator (a) Simulator with back insert in place (b) Teaching epidural placement with the simulator (Reproduced with permission from Blue Phantom™, Redmond, VA) Fig. 34.2…
Simulation in General Surgery
Fig. 23.1 Surgery residents and attendings practicing laparoscopic colectomy on a cadaver model Physical Part-Task Trainers Popular part-task trainers used in general surgery include a variety of models that allow…
