• Medical_Professionals
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• Nurses

he Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, in partnership with the Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment (CELA) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, offers realistic, immersive patient simulation education for ABA Diplomates seeking to fulfill their Practice Performance Assessment and Improvement (PPAI) requirement for the American Board of Anesthesiologists® (ABA) Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology (MOCA®) Program. This course fulfills the simulation education requirement of Part 4 of MOCA®. 

The VUMC simulation program has been endorsed by the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ (ASA) Committee on Simulation Education to provide high quality training to ASA members. To achieve the endorsement, CELA met strict criteria, including having well-documented educational offerings and curriculum, established instructor competency, strong leadership, and the equipment, facilities, personnel to provide sophisticated training. Learn more about CELA by visiting their website: cela.mc.vanderbilt.edu

Participants will have an orientation to the simulation equipment before providing care to simulated patients. Each participant will take the lead as the primary decision maker on at least one simulated event. Simulations typically include the use of a high-fidelity patient simulator (such as Laerdal SimMan 3G™) as well as simulated clinicians and/or patients (actors with scripted roles) and routine clinical equipment.

Learning Objectives

Course Highlights

After participating in this CME activity, participants should be able to:

Manage a patient undergoing anesthesia who experiences a hemodynamic critical event.

Manage a patient undergoing anesthesia who experiences a respiratory critical event.

Describe and discuss optimal teamwork, leadership and communicatin skills required during crisis management.

Perform an effective handover.

Your performance will not be graded. THIS IS NOT A TEST!

Experiential learning: You will be in the “hot seat” as the primary anesthesiologist for at least one scenario

Small course size: 4-6 participants with 2-3 instructors per course

Jane Easdown, MD

Doug Hester, MD

Stuart McGrane, MD

Scott Watkins, MD

Matthew Weinger, MD

USD

Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

1161 21st Ave S # D3300

Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Submission Info

Contact No.: (615) 936-2454

Email: beverly.s.fletcher@vanderbilt.edu

Contact No.: (615) 936-2454

Email: beverly.s.fletcher@vanderbilt.edu