Announcements
The Simulation Center will be closed on July 4th in observance of Independence Day.
We welcome Dynita Haislip and Jennifer Felts to the Clinical Simulation Center Team. They are both joining us in interprofessional educator roles.
We welcome Devika Ghosh and Maya Parker, rising M2 students, who will be spending eight weeks in the Simulation Center as part of the Medical Education Track summer immersion program.
Welcome new students, residents, fellows, faculty, and staff! If you are interested in learning more about the Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Program, please visit our website, email csc@ecu.edu, or stop by BSOM 1L-09 to meet us.
Congratulations Brody graduates! Best wishes as you begin your residencies!
Photo right: Hunter Venters, MSN, FNP-BC, CFRN, demonstrates an intubation technique to EastCare personnel.
Simulation Stars
Dr. Naira Goukasian, ECU Emergency Medicine, taught M4 EM Clerkship, EM Transitions to Residency boot camp, M2 Clinical Applications, and EM conference.
Dr. Jennifer Stahl, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, led a state-wide ultrasound workshop for Critical Care Fellows. This program reinforced the fact that ECU is a leading program in ultrasound education. Dr. Stahl also excels in the gamification of simulation sessions, such as a skills relay race and escape room.
Dr. Fabian Wayar is leading the development of a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program for the combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency.
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Bennett for passing the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator exam!
Kristie Hertel, ACNP, Clinical Assistant Professor, led the first 3-day skills intensive for the newly established Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program at the ECU College of Nursing.
Dr. Misty Kosydar, ECU Emergency Medicine Resident, completed a 2-week simulation elective this spring. As part of the elective, she learned how to develop a simulation activity, practiced clinical skills, and taught BSOM clerkship simulation activities (photo right).
Program Activity
The annual Transition to M4 course brought medical students and ECU College of Nursing students together in scenarios emphasizing interprofessional teamwork and communication.
Brody M4 students prepared for their residencies by participating in boot camps specific to their fields. Simulation Center faculty and staff worked with each track leader to create skills sessions and scenarios specific to OBGYN, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, and Pediatrics.
The ECU Physician Assistant program continues to train their students at the Simulation Center in ultrasound, Foley placement, GI, and neuro skills.
NICU/PICU utilized the Simulation Center for their continuing education course to orient new residents and advanced practice providers (APPs) to procedural standards and expectations within the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
The Clinical Applications sessions began in May for Brody M2 students. This course incorporates pharmacology and clinical faculty emphasizing curricular content and reinforcing these concepts in an applied setting.
The Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine residency used simulation resources to formally assess residents on their ability to perform cricothyrotomies, Blakemore tube procedures, transvenous pacing (TVP), and umbilical catheterization skills.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellows continue to practice their skills at the Simulation Center in epistaxis, Blakemore, transvenous pacing (TVP), lumbar puncture, and ultrasound.
ECU College of Nursing held a three-day skills intensive for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner students. Students practiced central lines, ultrasound exams, a-lines, chest tubes, thoracentesis, suturing, and more.
ECU Health EastCare continues to train their team using high-fidelity scenarios, a 3-day airway management course, and formal performance assessments using simulation modalities.
Surgery residents utilized the Simulation Center to practice skills in cricothyrotomy and tracheotomy.
The combined Internal Medicine-Psychiatry Residency residents participated in scenarios with a standardized patient who portrayed a combative and argumentative patient in the emergency department.
Weekly interprofessional case scenarios continue with ECU Internal Medicine Residents, Pitt Community College (PCC) Nursing Students, PCC Respiratory Therapy Students, and ECU College of Nursing students.
Photo Right: M3 OBGYN students practice measuring cervical effacement during their transition to residency boot camp.
Expanding the Field
The Healthcare Simulation Unit (HSU) was invited to the NC Legislature in Raleigh to promote the mission of providing rural health outreach.
The partnership between BSOM Simulation and ECU Health Pediatric Trauma continues to provide education to rural providers. This spring, the Healthcare Simulation Unit went to Washington Regional Hospital for pediatric trauma simulation training with interprofessional hospital personnel.
Ashley Jensen, DNP candidate, gave a poster presentation of the project she completed in the Simulation Center over the past year:Â Evaluating Student Perceptions of Nurse Interprofessional Educator Lead Simulation Sessions for Medical Students and Medical Residents. She is currently working on a manuscript submission to the Journal of Interprofessional Care.
Emergency Medicine Residents Drs. Bopp, Daly, Burhenn, and Haikal, presented their proposed study at BSOM Medical Education Day: Central Venous Catheter (CVC) Procedural Skills: Barriers to Meeting ACGME Defined Key Index Procedure Minimums and the use of IPE in Training and Skill Retention
Hunter Geneau, BSOM M2, presented his project at Medical Education Day: The Utility of a Simulation Auscultation and Ultrasound Module for the Identification of Heart Murmurs: A Supplementation to the Cardiovascular Curriculum.
Bill Vasios, PA-C, Simulation Fellow, gave a presentation in partnership with the BSOM Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development (OFALD) on Simulation Best Practices. This is the first of a series of simulation-focused workshops that will take place next academic year. Stay tuned to the BSOM OFALD website for dates!
Photo right: Dr. Jennifer Bennett demonstrating pediatric trauma manikin capabilities to Dr. Tim Reeder and his legislative aide during the NC Legislature outreach event in May.
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