Critical Care Evidence-Based Simulation Precourse

In this innovative integrated simulation-based critical care precourse, learners will be taking care of different patients using a high-fidelity simulator, including all monitoring capabilities with scenarios based on real life cases encountered by the course directors. Participants will actively learn management strategies within common critical care presentations, include aspects of shock, airway management/emergencies, neurocritical care, cardiac arrest / codes, rapid responses, mechanical ventilation and more. The scenarios will be facilitated in real time by subject matter experts and will have associated evidence-based information inserted in real time during the active management of real (simulated) cases. Each case will include debriefings at the end of each scenario.

Simulation-based learning has been shown to be one of the most effective ways to augment and supplement medical education and (in our experience) create clinical ‘imprints’ within learners who can then actively apply concepts in the management of their actual patients in hospitals and intensive care units.

Let us take you a little out of your comfort zone as you challenge yourself in a safe environment, while taking your bedside clinical skills to a higher level with advanced cases and memorable patient interactions.

Agenda

Session 1 (60-80 minutes per topic)

  1. Shock: Distributive/Septic Shock, Cardiogenic Shock, Hypovolemic Shock and more
    • 3-4 interactive cases that will illustrate relevant management strategies
  2. Challenging Airway Cases
    • 3-4 cases challenging airway cases, with active management to achieve optimal resolution
  3. Rapid Response Cases
    • 3-4 interactive cases illustrating common rapid response scenarios encountered by hospitalists on medical floors, and strategies for active management

Session 2 (60-80 minutes per topic)

  1. Neuorcritical Care cases
    • 3-4 cases touching on common neuro-critical care topics encountered by hospitalists and intensivists
    • Course faculty members have additional board certification in Neuro-Critical Care in addition to Critical Care Medicine