Use of an Observer Tool to Enhance Observers' Learning of Anesthesia Residents During High-Fidelity Simulation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: The growing number of learners implies that all of them cannot play an active role during high-fidelity scenarios. Studies suggest a positive educational value when learners are observers only, but it remains uncertain whether learning outcomes might be improved by using an observer tool (OT).

Methods: Eighty-nine anesthesia residents were randomized to use an OT (n = 44, OT+; based on a cognitive aid) or not (n = 45, OT-) when not role-playing.

External Cardiac Massage Training of Medical Students: A Randomized Comparison of Two Feedback Methods to Standard Training.

Background: The most recent recommendations support learning of external cardiac massage (ECM) through feedback devices.

Objectives: The objective was to compare the effects on immediate and 3-month retention of ECM technical skills when using feedback devices compared with training without feedback as part of a half-day training session in medical students.

Methods: This randomized study was performed using the Resusci Anne QCPR manikin in 64 medical students.

Candida vascular complication in a liver transplant recipient due to yeast contamination of preservation solution.

Infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality after liver transplantation. One possible cause of infection is preservation fluid contamination. Donor-derived pathogens, such as Candida albicans, have occasionally produced life-threatening complications in organ recipients, already described in renal transplantation.