Law & Health Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Law & Health Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Emergency Medicine
Research on emergency medicine detailed by scientists at Wright State University
January 17th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "The authors present a novel approach to the use of simulation in medical education with a two-event layered simulation. A patient care simulation with an adverse outcome was followed by a simulated deposition." "Senior residents in an academic emergency medicine (EM) program were solicited as simulation research volunteers. Other than stating that the research involved adverse outcomes, no identifying information was given. Seven volunteers participated in a simulation involving a forced error (nurse confederate gave an incorrect medication dose). Six weeks later based on the initial simulation, one physician...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-01-17)
|