Medical Simulation Center
Training Programs
 The
potential applications of medical simulation are expanding dramatically
as research demonstrates the value of this unique training tool.
The appeal of reproducible enactments embodying critical, stressful
real-life situations, while eliminating the risk of harm to patients
or staff, is clear in our increasingly patient-safety-conscious
medical community:
- Simulation can be used to improve clinical decision- making
and psychomotor skills (e.g., airway management, trauma resuscitation).
- Simulation reduces medical error through improved teamwork.
- Scenarios can be created to expose medical professionals to
known error-producing conditions or to rare but critical clinical
situations that may require specialized training.
- Educators can ensure a reproducible curriculum for all trainees.
- Training can be conducted in a setting that minimizes time pressures
present in the clinical environment.
Selected Course Offerings Include:
Teamwork Training: MedTeams™ and TeamSTEPPS
The Rhode Island Hospital Medical Simulation Center has extensive and ongoing experience in multidisciplinary teamwork training with the following departments:
• Emergency medicine/Pediatric emergency medicine
• Internal medicine
• Obstetrics/gynecology (labor and delivery, anesthesia, nursing)
• Pediatrics
• Radiology
Learn more about MedTeams
Acute Care Medical Simulations
Integrated into GME programs and continuously updated, a variety of high acuity medical scenarios are regularly conducted to educate and train learners in the care of acutely ill patients.
Advanced Airway Management
Initially developed for emergency medicine residents and fellows, this course is used to teach physicians the principles of emergency airway management. Through hands-on training, participants learn basic and advanced airway skills.
Disaster Preparedness Training (hospital and pre-hospital)
Simulation Training for Emergency Preparedness (STEP) courses offers nuclear, biologic, and chemical (NBC) incident training for hospital-based and emergency medical services personnel in Rhode Island and surrounding regions.
Medical School Curriculum
In collaboration with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, clinical correlations and pathophysiology + pharmacology simulation sessions are offered to firstand second-year medical students. Simulations for emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine electives are offered every month for third- and fourth-year students.
Mobile Critical Care Simulations
Using a modified wireless, battery-operated manikin, our center conducts mobile simulations for the Lifespan Lifeguard critical care transport service. This EMS training program enables emergency medicine residents and prehospital providers to practice providing medical care in dynamic pre-hospital settings (e.g., residential, outdoors, in ambulance).
Pediatric Acute Airway Management and Teamwork Training
The goal of this training is to improve the quality and safety of care provided to critically ill children. This training was developed for residents and is currently used to teach physicians skilled airway and crisis management.
 Pediatric S.I.M.S. for Office Emergencies Course
(Simulation Interactive Medical Seminars)
March 10, 2008
This CME course is designed for community physicians and nurses
caring for children. Participants review and then practice initial
management of common pediatric office emergencies such as severe
asthma, seizures and others. Another goal is to offer guidance in
assembling a useful, realistic and inexpensive code cart.The simulation
center utilizes its state-of-the-art manikins and pediatric faculty
to offer a unique educational experience for pediatric providers.
• More about this seminar
• Register for this seminar now.
• Download the brochure (PDF, 746K )
Pediatric S.I.M.S. for Emergency Physicians Course
(Simulation Interactive Medical Seminars)
May 12, 2008
This CME course is designed for emergency physicians who desire
additional instruction on the management of emergency pediatric
cases. This is a hands-on workshop utilizes state-of-the-art simulation
equipment to learn more about pediatric emergencies including respiratory,
neurologic and cardiac disorders. The course reviews emergency pediatric
airway skills including a live animal airway lab. The course also
includes a skills station reviewing pediatric access issues; I/O,
IV, nasal and rectal administration. The small class size encourages
open discussions with the pediatric emergency medicine faculty and
allows significant time in the simulation lab managing a variety
of critically ill pediatric scenarios.
• More about this seminar
• Register
for this seminar now.
•
Download the brochure (PDF, 868K )
Emergency Ultrasound Simulation (EU/S) Course
This focused course, integrating simulated ultrasonographic findings with manikin-based simulation scenarios to help trainees apply bedside sonography in real-time to critical patient care decisions, features five high-acuity trauma and medical patients.
Find out more.
SimCode Program
By using portable manikin systems, our center realizes on-site code team training for both Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital. This program allows hospital personnel to practice the management of emergent patient presentations as well as teamwork behaviors in situ within the hospital floors.
Simulation Consultation Service
Drawing on the expertise of our faculty, Train-the-Trainer courses are offered periodically at our center. Simulation facilitators and staff have provided assistance to regional and national conferences featuring simulation workshops.
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