A modified Delphi approach to determine current treatment advances for the development of a resuscitation program for maternal cardiac arrest.

Objective: Maternal cardiac arrest is a rare and complex process requiring pregnancy-specific responses and techniques. The goals of this study were to (1) identify, evaluate, and determine the most current best practices to treat this patient population and (2) establish a standardized set of guidelines to serve as a foundation for a future educational simulation-based curriculum.

Study Design: We used a three-step modified Delphi process to achieve consensus.

Self-Reported Changes in Comfort Level With Basic OB/GYN Procedures After Deployment.

Objective: To assess the specialty-specific procedures and clinical encounters U.S. Army obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) providers felt were affected by deployment and identify skills and areas that may benefit from postdeployment training.

Objective Evaluation of the Effects of Deployment on Laparoscopic Skills: The Simulation and Deployment Laparoscopic Skills Study.

Objective: To assess the effects of deployment on basic laparoscopic skills of general surgeons and obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN) physicians.

Methods: This was a prospective 10-site study. Active duty Army OB/GYN and general surgery physicians scheduled to deploy were invited to participate.

Perceived clinical skill degradation of Army family physicians after deployment.

Background And Objectives: Deployment away from regular clinical practice is necessary for Army family physicians, but no current information identifies specific procedures or clinical encounters where they feel less comfortable after deployment. This study identifies specific clinical areas and amount of perceived degradation in skills after deployment to combat zones.

Methods: Active duty Army family physicians were invited to participate in a web-based and anonymous survey rating comfort level performing clinical encounters or procedures prior to and after military deployment.