Developing and Testing a High-Fidelity Simulation Scenario for an Uncommon Life-Threatening Disease Severe Malaria.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Tropical Medicine Volume 2011, Article ID 310524, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2011/310524 Clinical Study Developing and Testing a High-Fidelity Simulation Scenario for an Uncommon Life-Threatening Disease: Severe Malaria Andrew Kestler, Mary Kestler, Ravi Morchi, Steven Lowenstein, and Britney Anderson Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12401 E. 17th Avenue, B215, Aurora, CO 80045, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Britney Anderson, britney.anderson@ Received 2 November 2010; Revised 25 January 2011; Accepted 13 March 2011 Academic Editor: Wilbur Milhous Copyright © 2011 Andrew Kestler et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background. Severe malaria is prevalent globally, yet it is an uncommon disease posing a challenge to education in nonendemic countries. High-fidelity simulation (sim) may be well suited to teaching its management. Objective. To develop and evaluate a teaching tool for severe malaria, using sim. Methods. A severe malaria sim scenario was developed based on 5 learning objectives. Sim sessions, conducted at an academic center, utilized METI ECS mannequin. After sim, participants received standardized debriefing and completed a test assessing learning and a survey assessing views on sim efficacy. Results. 29 participants included 3rd year medical students (65%), 3rd year EM residents (28%), and EM nurses (7%). Participants scored average 85% on questions related to learning objectives. 93% felt that sim was effective or very effective in teaching severe malaria, and 83% rated it most effective. All