Announcements
Welcome new students, residents, fellows, faculty, and staff! If you are interested in learning more about the Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Program (ICSP), please visit our website, email csc@ecu.edu, or stop by BSOM 1L-09 to meet us.
Special Thanks
The Department of Physician Assistant Studies purchased a new arterial blood gas (ABG) trainer and new pericardiocentesis trainer that will be housed in the ICSP so all health sciences students will have access to these trainers. The ICSP sincerely thanks the Dept. of PA studies for this contribution to interprofessional learning!
ECU Health Medical Center Medical Staff donated funds to support the Central Venous Line course for residents, fellows, and APPs. The ICSP thanks the Medical Staff and all who support this course!
Pictured Left: Dr. Jennifer Bennett leads new Surgical Interns through the Central Venous Catheter Course while being assisted by Dynita Haislip, PNP and Dr. Lily Bayouth Palmer. (Not Pictured: Dr. Bill Price.)
Simulation Stars
Kim Haga, Simulation Program Coordinator, received her Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor certification. She will use this certification to teach medical students BLS during M1 and M3 orientations.
Dr. Jill Sutton, for her enthusiasm for simulation education! She leads a day-long simulation experience for medical students in the OB/GYN clerkship that includes self-directed skills stations and a high-fidelity birthing scenario. She also used simulation as part of her Pirates Map to Teaching Excellence session.
Pictured Right: Dr. Jill Sutton demonstrates how to assess cervical dilation on a hand-made task trainer during the "Pirate's Map to Teaching Excellence" Conference.
Program Activity
M2 student Emily Tate is participating in an eight-week summer immersion training experience (SITE) in the Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Center. The SITE program is part of the Medical Education and Teaching Distinction Track. The goal of the program is to learn how to teach adult learners using different simulation modalities.
EastCare continues their staff competency assessment program in the Simulation Center. They provide a great example of ensuring maintenance of skills through quarterly education sessions and individual assessments. This month, EastCare focused on neonate and pediatric emergencies.
The Department of Physicians Assistant Studies held a labor and delivery simulation day for students, which included practicing delivery maneuvers using SimMom, pelvic exams on task trainers, and reviewing APGAR scores with SimBaby.
BSOM Simulation supported the Pirates Map to Teaching Excellence Conference in May by providing equipment, expertise, and a hands-on way to demonstrate different learning styles. This conference was coordinated by Dr. Lisa Domico and Allison Flowers through Eastern AHEC and was a great success!
Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, OB/GYN, Surgery, Pediatrics, and Family Medicine clerkships began a new academic year and continue to incorporate simulation education into their curricula.
Dr. Yaolin Zhou used the ICSP to create simulated encounters between medical students and standardized patients as part of a research study. The goal of this study is to develop a training module for medical students to explain pathology reports to patients. This study will continue in Fall 2023.
Pulmonary and Critical Care held numerous skills labs for their residents and fellows, including epistaxis, chest tubes, cricothyrotomy, and tracheostomy.
Second-year medical students participated in their first clinical applications scenario where they learn how to assess a patient in crisis, recognize the etiology of an acute medical condition, intervene appropriately, discuss pathology, and communicate as a team. Students will participate in six different cases throughout the upcoming academic year with pharmacology and clinical simulation faculty where they apply classroom knowledge to simulation scenarios.
BSOM Clinical Simulation and School of Dental Medicine faculty provided incoming dental residents with a simulation-based program designed to train healthcare providers in emergency response during the critical first five minutes of a medical crisis.
Monthly Emergency Medicine Residency Simulation and Skills conferences continue in the BSOM Clinical Simulation Center, with residents practice a variety of procedural skills and participate in scenarios led by EM Faculty. In June, residents focused on cricothyrotomy, chest tubes, cardiac pacing, lumbar puncture, splinting, cricothyrotomy, and pericardiocentesis.
Pictured Left: M2 student, Emily Tate (third from right) enlisted the help of fellow medical students to provide a simulation-based learning experience for local middle and high school students enrolled in the Brody RISE Summer Program.
Serving Eastern North Carolina
BSOM Simulation worked with the Office of Diversity Affairs and medical students to hold two events for Brody RISE, a Pre-College Program for middle and high school students from diverse backgrounds. Brody RISE students participated in a scenario with a manikin, learned how to apply tourniquets and pack wounds, listen to heart and lung sounds, and the importance of hand washing.
The ICSP worked with Dr. Chad Andicochea, ECU Emergency Medicine, to create a simulation session for the Pitt County Emergency Response Team that focused on the initial care of victims with critical injuries.
The Healthcare Simulation Unit traveled to Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, NC. BSOM Simulation partnered with ECU Health Trauma to facilitate pediatric trauma scenarios for Onslow’s Emergency Department staff.
ECU Health Pediatric Trauma invited the ICSP to bring the Healthcare Simulation Unit to the Pediatric Trauma Core Series class in May. The ECU Health Injury Prevention team used the HSU to facilitate scenarios for ECU Health regional staff.
Pictured Right: Bryan Lake observes ECU Health staff while they assess a young patient manikin inside The Healthcare Simulation Unit.
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