MATCH PLAY, SOAP HOPE.

The Medical Education Commission (MEC) has published Graduate Medical Education (GME) data since 1997, including the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) and the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP), and totals all GME in Louisiana for annual publication. The NRMP provides the quotas and filled positions by institution. Following the NRMP, SOAP attempts to place unmatched candidates with slots that are unfilled.

Attitudinal changes resulting from repetitive training of operating room personnel using of high-fidelity simulation at the point of care.

We investigated the impact of repetitive training using high-fidelity simulation (HFS) at the point of care on the teamwork attitudes of operating room (OR) personnel. Members of the general surgical OR teams at an academic medical center participated in two half-day point-of-care HFS team training sessions. Module 1 targeted teamwork competencies; Module 2 included a preoperative briefing strategy.

High-fidelity, simulation-based, interdisciplinary operating room team training at the point of care.

Background: The operating room (OR) is a dynamic, high risk setting requiring effective teamwork for the safe delivery of care. Teamwork in the modern OR, however, is less than ideal. High fidelity simulation is an attractive approach to training key teamwork competencies.