Simulation Fellowship Programs in Graduate Medical Education

Evaluation of Technical Competency in Healthcare Simulation (E-TeCHS) tool: a modified Delphi study

“…The tool began with five elements and 23 subitems and was revised to five elements and 16 subitems with four optional subitems. Previous scholars have identified the core simulation fellowship curricular content that was used to develop the initial technical evaluation tool 10–12 15. In order to gain expert consensus on the assessment tool, the approach outlined by Cumyn and Harris for content validation of curriculum consensus guidelines using Delphi methodology was employed successfully 16…”

“…An expert was defined as a simulation fellowship director, a simulation technician or a simulation educator who has a background in simulation technology or operations. The survey was distributed to a list of simulation fellowship directors published by previous scholars, simulation technicians on The Gathering of Healthcare Simulation Technology Specialists listserv and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Simulation Operations and Technology section listserv 10. In addition, a web-based search was performed to identify any additional simulation fellowship directors who were not included on the previously published list using key search terms: ‘simulation fellowship’, ‘simulation fellowship director’, ‘medical simulation fellowship’, ‘anesthesia simulation fellowship’, ‘emergency medicine simulation fellowship’ and ‘surgical simulation fellowship’ 10…”

“…One manifestation of the increased utilisation of this teaching methodology is the demand for medical simulation fellowship-trained faculty. Scholars estimate the 55 medical simulation fellowship programmes in North America alone, represent a 10-fold growth in the last decade 10 11. Currently, neither the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada accredits medical simulation fellowships.…”

Educación basada en simulación: <i>debriefing</i>, sus fundamentos, bondades y dificultades

“…29 La formación en la simulación clínica es diversa, se describe en la literatura médica una amplia gama de programas que van desde cursos cortos, pasantías, fellowship hasta maestrías con contenidos y desarrollos heterogéneos; sin embargo, el entrenamiento en www.medigraphic.org.mx técnicas de reflexión estructurada, es un objetivo de aprendizaje común de estos programas. [30][31][32] A continuación, haremos una breve descripción de dos roles fundamentales a nuestro modo de ver en la EBS: el debriefer y el codebriefer. El debriefer (D) será la persona encargada de dirigir la actividad reflexiva.…”

Enhancing simulation education using expired materials

“…Simulation centre leadership must ensure that their centre’s vision, goals and objectives can be met within its current operating budget. Creative and strategic opportunities to acquire and utilise equipment must be identified by simulation leaders to meet the growing demands of students 8. Several strategies exist to keep budgets balanced, find additional materials and equipment, as well as leverage community resources not typically considered as potential sources of supplies.…”