Innovative Courses
The Center for Simulation and Research prides itself creating novel course formats to improve learning that has subsequently had statistically significant research results on learning outcomes. The center currently offers over 160 different courses for various disciplines and reaches over 15,000 learners per year. Some examples are:
Resident Education Session Using Simulation (RESUS)
Designed originally in conjunction with a chief pediatric resident who recognized the unique learning needs required to practice both first-on-scene team leadership and resuscitation in an outpatient setting. RESUS runs on a rotating, three-year curriculum, teaching a variety of technical and non-technical skills in a mixed intern-senior resident team setting.
Pediatric Emergency Management Simulation (PEMS)
Designed with the intention of providing skills to acute care nurses to recognize a clinically deteriorating patient and manage their care for the first 3-5 minutes before the critical care team is able to assume care.
Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Airway Management
Procedural training course developed by one of the simulation fellows to develop.
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS)
Through a collaboration with Amy Florez, APP with the Heart Institute, the CSR helped develop a course format to provide education about complex cardiac conditions to providers across the nation.
Sepsis VR
Sepsis is a leading cause of pediatric mortality. While there has been significant effort towards improving adherence to evidence-based care, gaps remain. We developed a multiuser virtual reality simulation that demonstrated significant differences in sepsis recognition between experienced and novice participants.
