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CAEP FEI | Archives of Scholarship in Simulation and Educational Techniques (ASSET)

In Education & Quality Improvement, Featured Education Innovations (FEI) by Chrystal HorwoodLeave a Comment

Heather is a fourth year resident asked to create and facilitate a simulation scenario for junior residents. She has always been interested in simulation based learning, but struggles with finding the time to create high-fidelity scenarios featuring important learning points. Heather wonders if there is a collection of simulation scenarios that she can use as educational tools.  Emergency Medicine training programs often use simulation scenarios as important teaching tools. However, due to time constraints, it can …

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CAEP GeMES | Effects of Leadership Styles and Power Dynamics on Patient Safety

In Great Evidence in Medical education Summary (GEMeS) by Chrystal HorwoodLeave a Comment

 Alyssa is a first year Emergency Medicine resident working on a late night shift with Dr. Howard, whom she has never worked with before.  After diagnosing a patient with Sepsis NYD, Dr. Howard starts the patient on piperacillin-tazobactam at 4.5 g IV q6h, but forgets to take into account that the patient has a history of chronic kidney disease and needs renal dosing.  Alyssa notices this, but is unsure of whether or not …