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Christiana Hospital’s Virtual Education and Simulation Training Center, an electronically advanced, high-fidelity medical simulation center, houses seven rooms, including an operating room, an intensive care room, a trauma/emergency room, and a standard medical-operating surgical room. At the hub of this mini-hospital runs a suite of medical simulation software to deliver a complete solution for meeting the multifaceted needs of the Center’s advanced simulation training. The ability to record events and then play them back over and over is a core function of this medical simulation software. Debriefing sessions allow students and clinical mentors to review past events on monitors, dissect them to find the key kernels of learning, and discuss how similar situations could be handled more effectively. For instance, in crisis situations, nurses physicians, and other clinicians may use vague or uncertain language. Statements like “Maybe we should go to the OR” or “It might be PEA arrest” signal uncertainty in decisions making. “As we run through trauma resuscitation,” says Glen Tinkoff, MD, Medical Director of the Center, “we can look at some of the real nuances of this communication. There’s not a better way to improve communication than to watch oneself in a simulated code environment, trying to direct others. A particularly fun use of this medical simulation software involves what Tinkoff calls Sim Wars. Two clinical teams perform the same scenario and are then graded by faculty and other clinical “judges.” This medical simulation software also allows Tinkoff and his staff to aggregate team and individual scores and then produce statistical analyses of that scoring. “Ultimately this will be where maintenance of competency will be tested,” says Tinkoff. The medical simulation software and videotaped simulations allow the Center’s team to look closely at workflow issues. It provides rapid search and retrieval of indexed video, for example, making it easy for trainers and students to discover exactly what they struggled with and what they need to do to improve. Tinkoff realized that to take medical simulation education to the next level, this medical simulation software is the best solution to operatea high-visibility, high-fidelity environment. “By integrating this medical simulation software into the operations of the Center, we’ve been able to more effectively meet the education and operation needs of the hospital. This innovative approach to medical care has been instrumental in Christiana Care achieving Magnet certification, in mitigating our liability risk, and potentially in reducing malpractice cost. About the Author : Arcadia's secure, web based applications provide all the tools you need to run training and assessment sessions in an effective, streamlined way. You can track, train, record, evaluate, debrief, remediate, quantify, and report the clinical skills performance of your medical simulation, nursing, and allied health students—all from a single, integrated screen. It is the only system available that can promise seamless integration of digital audiovisual hardware and state-of-the-art simulation software.
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