Announcements
The Simulation Center will be closed on April 18th in observance of the Spring Holiday and May 26th in observance of Memorial Day.
Welcome new and continuing 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.
ECU is proud to announce the future construction of the Center of Medical Education Building Spring 2025. The Simulation Program will be relocating to this new building and almost tripling in size!
As construction for the new medical education building begins, parking changes will occur. Please allow extra time for parking and access to the building when coming to your classes.
The Simbionix Ultrasound Virtual Simulator now has Advanced Echocardiography and Transesophageal (TEE) modules and a lung module. If you are interested, please contact us to schedule a time for orientation to the simulator.
The BSOM Simulation Program has two available positions: A full-time interprofessional nurse educator and a part-time interprofessional health educator. Please see the ECU Human Resources website for more information and how to apply.
Photo right: ECU Health MICU personnel training together in interprofessional scenarios
Simulation Stars
We would like to acknowledge Michael Berrier, Clinical Assistant Manager, and the ECU Health EastCare team for their dedication to continuously train and practice emergency skills so that our patients receive the highest quality of care.
Congratulations to Bill and Kate who got married here at the simulation center! We wish them a lifetime of happiness together!
Photo right: A high school student practices CPR with guidance from a medical student. Brody MedPals is a medical student organization dedicated to mentoring, inspiring, and tutoring underserved K-12 students.
Program Activity
ECU Health EastCare continues to train their personnel using the simulation center to reinforce their skills as critical care transport providers across Eastern North Carolina.
Weekly interprofessional case scenarios continue with ECU Internal Medicine Residents, Pitt Community College Nursing, PCC Respiratory, and ECU College of Nursing. Learners practice responding to code situations and emphasize teamwork and communication skills.
The Medical Intensive Care Unit residents and nurses practiced code scenarios, transvenous pacing, blakemore insertion and other skills as part of their annual interprofessional education day.
PICU residents participated in high-fidelity scenarios where pediatric patients present with life-threatening conditions.
The combined Internal Medicine-Psychiatry Residency started a new program where residents work with standardized patients to simulate high-stress emergency department interactions.
Brody M4 Emergency Medicine students participated in code scenarios as part of their Transition to Residency course. Special thanks to Reverend Linda Moore for her facilitation of the end-of-life discussion.
Emergency medicine residents participated in the annual Wilderness Medicine Day. Standardized patients helped portray emergencies they might encounter in nature, such as a scuba diver with an arterial gas embolism, a camper bitten by a snake, and a hunter who fell from a deer stand.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellows practiced cricothyrotomies, central lines, transvenous pacing, chest tubes and bronchoscopies.
Department of Physician Assistant Studies students practiced IV skills, ultrasound, paracentesis, NG tubes, and central lines.
The mobile Healthcare Simulation Unit traveled to Carteret Healthcare and Wilson Medical Center to provide pediatric trauma training to Emergency Medical Services and emergency department personnel.
Brody medical students renewed their Basic Life Support certifications at the Simulation Center to prepare for clinical clerkships.
Emergency Medicine residents held their annual SonoGames, where they compete in different games involving ultrasound skills.
The new undergraduate ECU EMS program partnered with the Simulation Center for airway skills training.
BSOM Surgery Clerkship, OB Clerkship, Hospice/Palliative Care Fellowship, and School of Dental Medicine, all practiced suturing skills in the Simulation Center.
Photo Right: M3 Internal Medicine students learned how to start an IV using task trainers.
Expanding the Field
The Simulation Center's manuscript: Using a Self-Directed Learning Technique for Learning Suturing Skills: Does Medical Student Self-Assessment Agree with that of Faculty Observers? was accepted by the Journal of Health Professions Education.
Bill Vasios, Simulation Fellow, worked with the College of Nursing, College of Allied Health Sciences, and Department of Physician Assistant Studies to plan an interprofessional simulation. He developed an observational feedback tool for learners to debrief teamwork and communication skills.
Ashley Jensen, RN, participated in EM Skills Conference and M2 Clinical Applications as part of her Doctorate of Nurse Practitioner program. She is measuring how the presence of an interprofessional facilitator impacts medical student and resident education during simulation training.
Hunter Geneau, BSOM M2, completed his project: The Utility of a Simulation Auscultation and Ultrasound Module for the Identification of Heart Murmurs: A Supplementation to the Cardiovascular Curriculum. He will present at Medical Education Day in May.
Dr. Jennifer Bennett, Dr. Skip Robey, and Becky Gilbird presented posters at the International Meeting of Simulation in Healthcare conference in Orlando, Florida. Jessica Cringan participated as a judge for the SimVentors competition, during which novel ideas are showcased and compete for prizes.
Right photo: Jeffrey Davis, DO, instructs Brody Internal Medicine clerkship students on basic airway skills.
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