Announcements
Welcome new students, residents, fellows, faculty and staff! If you would like a tour of the Simulation Center, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at csc@ecu.edu.
The Simulation Center will be closed on Thursday, July 4, 2024 for Independence Day and Monday, September 2, 2024 for Labor Day.
Welcome Vedika Modi and Dylan Pressnell, Medical Education Track Summer Immersion Teaching Scholars! They are participating in an eight-week immersive summer program in the Simulation Center.
Welcome Camryn Stalnaker, Nurse Consultant, ECU College of Nursing Concepts Integration Lab!
Photo left: Bill Vasios, Simulation Fellow, demonstrates airway equipment to summer MET students Vedika Modi and Dylan Pressnell.
Simulation Stars
Kelly Lancaster, Administrator, Department of Academic Affairs, for her support of the BSOM Simulation Program since it's inception 10 years ago!
Dr. Skip Robey was recognized by the Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship for his contributions to the program. Under his guidance, fellows spend four weeks in the Simulation Center practicing skills and teaching students.
Jennifer Parker-Cote, Assistant Professor, ECU Emergency Medicine, for leading efforts to plan Wilderness Day and her continual commitment to teaching in the BSOM Simulation Center.
Photo right: Dr. Parker-Cote discussed different types of mushroom poisoning with residents during Wilderness Day.
Program Activity
BSOM M4 students and ECU College of Nursing Students participated in interprofessional scenarios designed to emphasize team dynamics and communication. The students' feedback was extremely positive and they asked for more interprofessional opportunities throughout the curricula (photo left).
The BSOM Simulation Center worked with Medical Education to plan hands-on sessions as part of the "Transition to Residency Bootcamps". These sessions are designed for graduating students to practice essential skills they will need as they begin residencies in surgery, emergency medicine, OB/GYN, family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics.
Emergency Medicine residents participated in Wilderness Medicine Day at Wildwood park, where they practiced responding to emergency situations such as mushroom poisoning, drowning, burns, and trauma due to animal encounters.
ECU Health EastCare held Neonatal Resuscitation Program® (NRP®) courses, new hire airway courses, and three-day quarterly continuing education for their staff.
Department of Physician Assistant Studies students practiced lumbar punctures and labor and delivery scenarios.
The Simulation Center collaborated with Emergency Medicine and Cardiovascular Sciences to create training sessions for EM faculty who requested education on LVAD patients. Special thanks to the Dr. Courtney Saunders, Emily Knight, RN, CCRN, and the LVAD team for their amazing work!
BSOM M2 students participated in a Clinical Applications simulation, where they applied their knowledge of physiology and pharmacology to diagnose a patient in crisis and provide appropriate interventions.
David Schiller, Technical Operations Manager, taught BLS and Stop the Bleed to BSOM safety officers.
Bill Vasios, Simulation Fellow, participated in the Round Canopy Parachute Team (RCPT-USA) sponsored jump into the Carentan Drop Zone in Normandy, France. This event was in celebration of the 80th anniversary of D-Day (picture below).
Dylan Pressnell and Vedika Modi, summer MET scholars, created and led a week-long program for Brody RISE students. This program included sessions in the Simulation Center such as tourniquet application and bleeding control, CPR basics, and Narcan administration. Students also participated in a scenario where they applied these skills using a high-fidelity manikin.
Expanding the Field
Dr. Jane DeWire and Dr. Jennifer Parker-Cote presented BSOM Simulation-supported projects at the American College of Medical Toxicology Scientific Meeting.
The Simulation Center team partnered with Eastern AHEC to provide Stop the Bleed training for Beaufort County Community Early College and Start to Breathe Opioid Overdose training for 100 high school students attending a career expo. Students also were able to tour the Healthcare Simulation Unit.
Divya Srinivas, M4, presented Using a Self-Directed Learning Technique for Learning Suturing Skills: Does Medical Student Self-Assessment Agree with that of Faculty Observers during Brody Distinction Day. This project has also been submitted for publication as a manuscript.
The BSOM Simulation Center hosted tours for over 150 high school students in partnership with Brody MedPals, a student-led outreach initiative for high school students from Eastern NC. Students learned how to apply tourniquets and assess a patient using high-fidelity manikins.
Michael Larkins, M4, presented Paramedic Cricothyrotomy Skills Retention at BSOM Medical Education Day in April (photo right). This research project was also submitted as a manuscript for publication. The PIs are Dr. Jennifer Bennett and Dr. Roberto Portela.
Dr. Yaolin Zhou's study, Development of a Scoring Rubric Assessing Medical Students’ Explanations of Pathology Reports, was published in the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in May. The Office of Clinical Simulation assisted with study design and data collection. Congratulations to the study team!
The Healthcare Simulation Unit traveled to Duplin County Hospital, ECU Health North Hospital, ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital, and Roanoke-Chowan Hospital for pediatric trauma education. Sessions were interprofessional with medicine, nursing, and EMS.
Photo right: Oluwafemi Opelami, BSOM M4 student, participating in a pediatric trauma scenario in the mobile Healthcare Simulation Unit with a clinical team from Duplin County Hospital.