Simulation Track

Goals, Objectives, & Outcome

Goals

This 12-month track will support residents to gain the knowledge, skills, and methods necessary to: (a) participate in simulation-based medical education and research; and (b) launch a scholarly career trajectory toward leadership in simulation-based approaches that improve learning, quality of care, patient safety, and clinical outcomes.

Objectives

Upon completion of this track, residents will be able to:

1. Critique several key publications regarding one area of concentration in medical simulation
2. Create and use models, materials, and equipment to support simulation-based teaching
3. Use a systematic process to plan, teach, and assess a simulation-based education session

Outcome

Upon completion of the track, residents will be awarded a certificate of distinction in Medical Simulation from Emory University School of Medicine.

Components:

• Core Curriculum
  • Simulation Methods and Research [Monthly Small Groups
  • Comparative analysis site visits to medical simulation centers
  • Hands-on simulation practicum comprising one-half day per week during one month
• Experiential Learning
  • Assist in creating innovative materials and using task trainers, mannequins, and technological methods such as virtual and augmented reality to teach medical tasks and procedural skills
  • Participate in the design, facilitation, debriefing, and performance assessment of learners in novel, immersive, high fidelity simulation scenarios including those supporting interprofessional education and collaborative practice
  • Conduct an analysis of one aspect of simulation program management
• Capstone Innovation Project
  • Design, implement, and assess an innovative simulation-based educational offering
  • Present a poster at Emory Medical Education Day, Emory Quality Conference, or a similar academic meeting
  • Optional: Submit a poster or podium presentation to a national conference or write a mentored, peer-reviewed paper on medical simulation
• Mentorship
  • Simulation faculty coach and Department-specific faculty advisor

Track Requirements:

• Competitive Application: Personal Statement, Program Director Letter of Support (including Program commitment to one month during the academic year when the trainee will spend one-half day per week in a hands-on practicum in the Excel Simulation Center located in the Emory University School of Medicine), and Interview
• 80% monthly Discussion Group series attendance
• Completion of a mentored Capstone Innovation Project
  
  

Proposed Topics

• Curriculum design
• Medical simulation modalities
• Building and using low-cost simulation models
• Task trainers and procedural learning
• Simulation scenario design
• Technical aspects of medical simulation
• Simulation session facilitation
• Simulation session debriefing
• Integration of simulation into the educational curriculum
• Integration of simulation into a healthcare organization’s quality and safety strategy
• Simulation performance assessment
• Simulation program evaluation
• Scholarly products and peer review in medical simulation

Tentative Schedule
Small Group Discussions are held every month. The practicum will be arranged during a time agreed upon by both the residency program and track program. Please note practicum is ultimately dependent upon lab availability. The practicum will take place in the Excel Simulation Center, Emory University School of Medicine.

Eligibility & General Requirements

Eligibility

Application to the Medical Simulation Residency Track is open to all rising PGY2 or higher Residents/Fellows in good standing with their graduate medical education training program.

• Residents and fellows apply to the Track by March 15 prior to the academic year of entry into the Track, and complete the Track during one academic year.
• A limited number of residents and fellows will be selected based on a competitive application process as noted above.

General Requirements

• Residents/Fellows must remain in good standing with the residency/fellowship program.
• Residents/Fellows must maintain regular attendance at monthly Group Discussions.
• Residents/Fellows must complete and present a mentored Capstone Innovation Project.
• Residents/Fellows must adhere to Emory residency work-hour policies.

Application Process

The application must include the following components:

• A personal statement describing why you would like to participate in the Track, your interest in simulation-based learning and research, and your expected goals and outcomes. The personal statement must be limited to no more than one page.
• A letter of support from the Program Director indicating support for participation in the Track as described above.
• Applicants also will be expected to attend an interview.

Please submit your application to Dr. Michele L. Sumler no later than March 15 for consideration in the cohort starting in July.

• Track Announcement

• Topics to Be Covered

Name: Veronica Urbik 

Specialty: Pediatrics

Simulation Interest: I am interested in how simulation technology can be used to drive value driven healthcare and innovation. I am particularly interested in procedural training. I hope to develop simulations for medical students and resident education in order to improve patient care and quality outcomes in the pediatric setting. 

Name: Zobiya Momin

Specialty:  Pediatric Emergency Medicine 

Simulation Interest:  My interests in medical simulation aim at improving learners' knowledge base and clinical skills in terms of managing pediatric medical and trauma emergencies. Medical simulation has 
allowed learners at all levels to gain valuable clinical experience, growth, and comfort in their skills.

For my fellowship project, I have developed and implemented a Pediatric Trauma Orientation and Simulation for pediatric residents at Emory and Morehouse. This has positively impacted the residents' trauma experience during their ED rotations, resulting in an increase in active participation by residents for trauma resuscitations. Additionally, I continue to work alongside the ancillary staff at Hughes Spalding in teaching essential equipment set up, basic exam skills, and standard resuscitation practices for trauma patients seen at a limited-resource facility. I hope to continue building rigorous and focused pediatric simulation curriculums for trainees to further optimize skills necessary for management of certain pediatric emergencies.

Name: Ila Sehgal

Specialty: Pediatrics 

My simulation interests include resuscitation ergonomics, rapid cycle deliberate practice, traditional simulation, translational simulation, and clinical debriefing. I am passionate about optimizing resuscitation efforts via clinical ergonomics and systems testing through simulation-based medical education. I am eager to expand the field of resuscitation science by studying the clinical impact of resuscitation ergonomics. My current fellowship projects are focused on assessing the maintenance of high-quality resuscitation ergonomics during in-hospital cardiac arrests in the PICU and evaluating whether the addition of the CPR coach improves high-quality CPR performance metrics during in-hospital cardiac arrests. My simulation work in fellowship is supported by two Warshaw Fellow Research Awards I received from Emory University Department of Pediatrics and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. I aspire to dedicate my career to simulation-based healthcare research and education to improve patient outcomes in the clinical environment.

Name: Kimberly Eide

Specialty: Family Medicine

Simulation Interest: My interests within simulation include developing a curriculum aimed at enhancing the proficiencies of the learner within the scope of outpatient and/or inpatient medicine. I am also interested in taking the knowledge gained to create an opportunity to run a simulation session amongst underserved high school students interested in a career in medicine. 

Name: Juno Lee

Specialty: Otolaryngology

Simulation Interest: With my interest in arts and medicine, I aim to learn techniques and explore opportunities about creating accessible forms of training media for physicians. As the healthcare system evolves technologically, high-fidelity training and varied simulations will continue to play a larger role for practitioners.

Name: Chase Elkin

Specialty: Anesthesiology

Simulation Interest: Simulation allows both the novice and the advanced the same opportunity: to be able to assess and manage patients in critical scenarios while in a healthy learning environment. As part of the GME Simulation Track, I hope to improve access to simulations and contribute towards their integration as a standard of residency training.

Name: Kathleen Waters

Specialty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Simulation Interest: I am very interested in the fields of medical education and medical simulation, especially how the two can be combined for both instructional as well as quality improvement purposes. My fellowship project has been focused on use of medical simulation as an educational tool for multidisciplinary team training in the ED during rapid sequence intubation scenarios, and has further centered my academic interests in these arenas. In the future, I hope to be able to make both fields a focus of my career as an academic pediatric emergency medicine physician. In particular, I am interested in applying the skills I will acquire through this track towards the education and training of medical students and residents in the future.

Name: Anjali Patel

Specialty: Internal Medicine/Pulmonary Disease/Critical Care Medicine

Simulation Interest: Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Academic medicine, Cooking, Hiking, Snowboarding, Reading 

Name: Terrell Jones

Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Simulation Interest:  I am interested in studying the intersections between hands-on simulation approaches and evidence-based strategies for medical education at all levels of healthcare career development. In particular, I hope to acquire the skills necessary to enhance learners’ proficiencies in the recognition and resuscitation of critical Emergency Department patients through the development of a high-fidelity simulation curriculum. Additionally, I hope to combine these acquired skills with my passion for community outreach by implementing creative, simulation-based approaches to improve health literacy in underserved and under-resourced populations.

Name: Madeline Roorbach

Specialty: General Surgery

Simulation Interest: Academic – trauma outcomes, medical education. Personal – hiking with my pup, breweries, reading, skiing

Name: Jeffrey Okonye

Specialty: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Simulation Interest:  Simulation & Quality Improvement and Improving Health Equity

Name: Caroline Ray

Specialty: Child Neurology

Simulation Interest: My interests within simulation include developing projects aimed at furthering learners' skills within the realm of psychosocial topics in clinical settings. I hope to use simulation as a tool to educate others on working with underserved populations. I also am interested in exploring cases within neurology, such as with simulation of a code stroke on a pediatric patient. Outside of simulation, I love art and music and have even found ways to incorporate these passions into prior simulation projects.

Name: Nabil K. Abazaid, MD

Specialty: Emergency Medicine

Name: Hannah B. Dalke, MD, MS

Specialty: Anesthesiology

Name: Elissa A. Falconer, MD

Specialty: General Surgery

Name: Gregory W. Wigger, MD

Specialty: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine