Announcements
The BSOM Simulation Center will be closed for the holidays Friday, Dec. 22, 2023 – Monday, January 1, 2024 (reopening Tuesday, January 2, 2024). Please let us know if you anticipate needing access to the Center during that time.
Welcome Tinesha Weaver, Simulation Operations Specialist, to the ECU Health Center for Learning and Performance. We look forward to collaborating on simulation educational activities with you!
We have met many new faculty members in 2023 and are here to support you. Please do not hesitate to reach out to learn more or schedule a session. We have many opportunities for you to teach and learn!
Photo left: Dr. Emily Catalano, Emergency Medicine, and Dr. Jacques Robidoux, Pharmacology and Toxicology, facilitate a session for M2 students.
Simulation Stars
Jennifer Bennett, MD, BSOM Simulation Medical Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, for completing her Master of Arts in Adult Education - Adult Education with a Graduate Certificate of Education of Healthcare Professions.
Dynita Haislip, PNP, central venous line course instructors. Dynita's expertise adds an interprofessional element to the CVL course. Her contributions are greatly appreciated!
Kim Fender, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, for her enthusiasm and dedication for teaching ultrasound procedures for residents and students.
Don Norris, MD, Emergency Medicine Division Chief of Education, for his support of simulation education and many hours of instruction for resident and medical student simulation activities.
Ron Bolen, MSN, RN, CCRN, CEN, Clinical Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing, for facilitating the mass casualty simulation on I-TEAM day.
Photo right: Dr. Don Norris instructs M4 student Karen Semaan how to perform a thoracentesis procedure.
Program Activity
Pulmonary and Critical Care held skills labs for their residents and fellows, including epistaxis, chest tubes, and cricothyrotomy.
Over 30 students participated in this year’s Interprofessional Triage and Emergency Assessment and Management (I-TEAM) Day organized by the BSOM Emergency Medicine Interest Group. Students from the Brody School of Medicine, the College of Nursing and the College of Allied Health Sciences’ Department of Physician Assistant Studies participated in skills training and a mass casualty scenario that included over 20 standardized patients from the Office of Clinical Skills. Simulated patients were moulaged by students and faculty from ECU School of Theater and Dance.
Department of Physician’s Assistant Studies students practiced central line insertion and IV access.
BSOM M2 students participated in clinical application scenarios where they had the opportunity to apply their knowledge in order to assess, diagnose, and treat acutely ill patients. BSOM M3 and M4 students participated in clerkships and simulation electives.
ECU College of Nursing, Pitt Community College Nursing and Respiratory students, Critical Care Fellows, and Internal Medicine Residents participate in case scenarios every Tuesday and Thursday morning that emphasize teamwork and communication skills.
Dr. Yaolin Zhou used the ICSP to create simulated encounters between medical students and standardized patients as part of a research study.
ECU Health EastCare held three days of continuing education for staff that focused on LVAD training, ventilator management, and emergency scenarios for adults and neonates. They also multiple airway courses for new hires and neonatal resuscitation program classes.
The Interdisciplinary Oral Medicine Student Council participated in a skills session led by Dr. Stephanie Ledbetter. BSOM and Dental students learned how to evaluate dental trauma, splint teeth, perform head and neck exams, and communicate with interdisciplinary teams.
Internal Medicine residents started a new ultrasound curriculum that incorporates ICSP ultrasound simulator and standardized patients.
Emergency Medicine residents learned skills such as arthrocentesis, paracentesis, and nasogastric intubation. They also participated in scenarios to identify endocrine emergencies and gastrointestinal bleeding.
The Central Venous Line Course continues monthly for residents. The course is taught by interdisciplinary faculty from BSOM and ECU Health advanced practice providers.
The ICSP working with Emergency Medicine to hold several Harm Reduction scenarios next spring for EM faculty. This program is based on the US Dept. of Health and Human Services Overdose Prevention Strategy.
Photo left: BSOM, PA, and Nursing students practice together during I-Team Day.
Outreach
BSOM Simulation participated in two HOSA Conferences at Eastern AHEC this fall, impacting over 100 high school students. Programs included Stop the Bleed (bleeding control), Start to Breathe (opioid recognition and response), and tours of the mobile Healthcare Simulation Unit.
The mobile HSU and ECU Health Medical Center Trauma Service members presented pediatric trauma scenarios at Wilson Community College for Wilson County EMS and Washington County Regional Medical Center.
The mobile Healthcare Simulation Unit was featured at East Duplin High School as part of the Southeast HOSA Regional Leadership Conference.
ECUHealth News featured an article about I-Team Day that was shared by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare across their global network of simulationists!
BSOM Simulation hosted the NC State Highway Patrol for a day of training for emergency situations where SHP troopers learned essential skills to manage roadside emergencies, including childbirth, burns, drownings, and spine injuries. Special thanks for Sean Johnson, State Highway Patrol, and Chuck Strickland, ECU Health EastCare, for coordinating this event.
Photo right: Troy Dennis, BSOM M4, teaches NC HOSA students how to apply a tourniquet to a task trainer during a Stop the Bleed Course.