Publications by authors named "William B Waldrop"
Background: Simulation-based education is a mainstay in education of pediatric anesthesiology trainees. Despite the known benefits, there is variability in its use and availability among various pediatric anesthesiology fellowship programs.
Aim: The primary aim was to understand the current state of simulation-based education among pediatric anesthesiology fellowship programs and define barriers that impede the development of an effective simulation program.
Background: Assessment of pediatric anesthesia trainees is complicated by the random nature of adverse patient events and the vagaries of clinical exposure. However, assessment is critical to improve patient safety. In previous studies, a multiple scenario assessment provided reliable and valid measures of the abilities of anesthesia residents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The goal of this study was to develop an inventory of simulated scenarios that mimic pediatric crises and determine if the resident scores could be used to establish the reliability and validity of a multiple-scenario assessment. The long-term objective is to provide pediatric residents with experiences in the recognition, diagnosis, and management of a range of simulated acute conditions.
Methods: Twenty scenarios were constructed.
Background: Intraoperative anesthesia equipment failures are a cause of anesthetic morbidity. Our purpose in this study was 1) to design a set of simulated scenarios that measure skill in managing intraoperative equipment-related errors and 2) to evaluate the reliability and validity of the measures from this multiple scenario assessment.
Methods: Eight intraoperative scenarios were created to test anesthesia residents' skills in managing a number of equipment-related failures.