SimNews Brief Newsletter of the ECU BSOM Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Program

Announcements

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Kim Haga, MBA, our new Simulation Program Coordinator. Kim joins us from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, where she worked as a Simulated Client Facilitator for five years. Kim can be reached in the Simulation Center at hagaki22@ecu.edu and 744-3251.

Jessica Cringan, Paramedic, CHSOS, has moved to the role of Simulation Specialist. We are thrilled that she can share her expertise in this new role. She is a great asset to our team!

The Simulation Administrative Suite (1L-28) has moved to 1L-09, adjacent to Brody Commons. Signage will be posted directing visitors to the new space. Thank you to everyone who has supported the growth of our program over the years, which has made this expansion possible.

Picture (left): Dental teams practice resuscitation scenarios.

Program Activity

Internal Medicine Residency Chiefs held a skills day for residents that included guided practice on lumbar punctures, paracentesis, central lines, intubations, and peripheral IV insertions.

BSOM M2 student Michael Denning is spending six weeks in the Simulation Center to learn about simulation as a teaching modality. This is part of the summer immersion teaching experience for medical education track students.

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, central lines, and pericardiocentesis.

ECU Health Medical Center PICU and NICU held an interdisciplinary skills day to ensure their staff is up to date on clinical skills and promote interprofessional collaboration between APPs, residents, fellows, attendings, and CTT.

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.

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.

Dr. Jennifer Bennett and David Schiller led a training session for ECU Police Officers from the Emergency Response Team that focused on the initial care of victims with penetrating wounds.

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.

The Department of Physicians Assistant Studies held a women’s health skills day for students, which included practicing delivery maneuvers using SimMom, pelvic exams on task trainers, and reviewing APGAR scores with SimBaby.

The Central Venous Catheterization course continues monthly for residents, fellows, and APPs who perform this procedure in the hospital. It is part of the formal credentialing process required by ECU Health Medical Center.

Picture (left): Dr. Melanie Rodriguez-Carrion, pictured here with Dr. Jennifer Bennett, is the second Emergency Medicine Simulation Fellow to graduate from our program.