Preparing Anesthesiology Residents for Operating Room Communication Challenges: A New Approach for Conflict Resolution Training.

Background: The hierarchical culture in high-stake areas such as operating rooms (ORs) may create volatile communication challenges. This unfunded exploratory study sought to establish whether a conflict resolution course was effective in preparing anesthesiology residents to handle and deescalate disagreements that may arise in the clinical environment, especially when challenging a surgeon.

Methods: Thirty-seven anesthesiology residents were assessed for ability to deescalate conflict.

What participants learn, with, from and about each other during inter-professional education encounters: A qualitative analysis.

Background: Safe healthcare requires teamwork and collaboration. To meet the needs of healthcare organizations and professionals, inter-professional education, is no longer an optional educational trend but rather a mandate of accrediting health education agencies.

Objective: In an effort to better understand the impact of inter- professional educational activities, this study sought to explore via qualitative methods what nursing and medical students learn with, from, and about one another during a week - long simulation-based inter-profession education course.

Significance of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations to Plastic Surgery Residency Training.

Introduction: Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) have proven to be a powerful tool. They possess more than a 30-year track record in assessing the competency of medical students, residents, and fellows. Objective structured clinical examinations have been used successfully in a variety of medical specialties, including surgery.

An assessment of CPR skills using simulation: Are first responders prepared to save lives?

The American Heart Association's (AHA) recommendation for biyearly recertification and annual mandatory CPR training may be suboptimal for first responders (nurses and technicians) working in outpatient clinics (American Heart Association, 2013). To determine the efficacy of the AHA guidelines, 40 simulated sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) encounters were conducted followed by debriefing and a subsequent SCA to determine a basic level of CPR proficiency. First responders' CPR skills were evaluated using a 19-item assessment form to quantify the event.

Interprofessional Simulation Olympics as a platform to assess team work knowledge acquisition.

Introduction: Several years ago an on-stage competition called SimWars was introduced to the simulation community. This concept was adopted into a patient safety course as a way to further engage students and named Sim Olympics. We sought to evaluate it as a platform for assessment of learning in students who participated as audience members.