Interdepartmental Collaboration for Simulation-based Education: Obstetric Emergencies for Emergency Medicine.

BACKGROUND

Simulation in medical education is a well-accepted educational modality that allows for practice of high risk, low frequency events. The Obstetric Emergencies for Emergency Medicine course was developed to prepare trainees for challenging scenarios.

METHODS

Six clinical scenarios were chosen: spontaneous vaginal delivery, neonatal resuscitation, pre- eclampsia, neonatal resuscitation with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), shoulder dystocia and postpartum hemorrhage. Development and facilitation was an interdepartmental effort with contributions from Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Each case was allotted 35 minutes, including debriefing. Participants completed an evaluation survey for each scenario.

RESULTS

All participants responded yes to the question "Would you recommend this simulation become part of the standard curriculum." The means of ratings for "scenario overall" and "relevance to training/duties" ranged from 4.95-5 out of 5 across all simulation groups.

CONCLUSION

An interdepartmental and collaborative approach can optimize the success of a simulation educational program.