Teaching and assessing procedural skills using simulation: metrics and methodology

Richard L Lammers; Moira Davenport; Frederick Korley; Sharon Griswold-Theodorson; Michael T Fitch; Aneesh T Narang; Leigh V Evans; Amy Gross; Elliot Rodriguez; Kelly L Dodge; Cara J Hamann; Walter C Robey III

doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00233.x

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Teaching and assessing procedural skills using simulation: metrics and methodology

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Teaching and assessing procedural skills using simulation: metrics and methodology

Richard L Lammers, Moira Davenport, Frederick Korley, Sharon Griswold-Theodorson, Michael T Fitch, Aneesh T Narang, Leigh V Evans, Amy Gross, Elliot Rodriguez, Kelly L Dodge, …

Academic emergency medicine, Vol.15(11), pp.1079-1087

11/2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00233.x

PMID: 18828833

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Abstract

Simulation allows educators to develop learner-focused training and outcomes-based assessments. However, the effectiveness and validity of simulation-based training in emergency medicine (EM) requires further investigation. Teaching and testing technical skills require methods and assessment instruments that are somewhat different than those used for cognitive or team skills. Drawing from work published by other medical disciplines as well as educational, behavioral, and human factors research, the authors developed six research themes: measurement of procedural skills; development of performance standards; assessment and validation of training methods, simulator models, and assessment tools; optimization of training methods; transfer of skills learned on simulator models to patients; and prevention of skill decay over time. The article reviews relevant and established educational research methodologies and identifies gaps in our knowledge of how physicians learn procedures. The authors present questions requiring further research that, once answered, will advance understanding of simulation-based procedural training and assessment in EM.

Learning

Emergency Medicine - standards

Humans

Clinical Competence - standards

Research Design

Task Performance and Analysis

Teaching - methods

Emergency Medicine - education

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Title: Subtitle: Teaching and assessing procedural skills using simulation: metrics and methodology
Creators: Richard L Lammers - Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, USA. lammers@kcms.msu.edu
Moira Davenport
Frederick Korley
Sharon Griswold-Theodorson
Michael T Fitch
Aneesh T Narang
Leigh V Evans
Amy Gross
Elliot Rodriguez
Kelly L Dodge
Cara J Hamann
Walter C Robey III
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Academic emergency medicine, Vol.15(11), pp.1079-1087
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00233.x
PMID: 18828833
NLM abbreviation: Acad Emerg Med
ISSN: 1069-6563
eISSN: 1553-2712
Publisher: United States
Language: English
Date published: 11/2008
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9983995143402771

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