Using Evidence-Based Best Practices of Simulation, Checklists, Deliberate Practice, and Debriefing to Develop and Improve a Regional Anesthesia Training Course.

The 2011 Institute of Medicine report on the future of nursing recommended that nurses practice to the full extent of their education and training. Nurse anesthetists in certain regions of the country have been unable to maintain regional anesthesia skills because of anesthesia practice models. Factors including increased patient loads, economic motivators, and desire to maintain skill sets are driving evolution of the anesthesia practice model.

Development of an Online, Evidence-Based CRNA Preceptor Training Tutorial (CPiTT): A Quality Improvement Project.

Preceptorship is an effective teaching and learning model that is the mainstay of undergraduate and graduate clinical education. It has a well-documented history in healthcare literature dating back to 1946. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) who serve as clinical preceptors have the critical job of transferring high-quality patient care and patient safety skills to the student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) they precept.