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Chen TH, Bentley SK, Nadir N, Beattie LK, Lei C, Hock SM, Munzer BW, Moadel T, Paetow G, Young A, Stapleton SN. Workshop in Simulation Debriefing for Educators in Medicine: Creation, implementation, and evaluation of a debriefing curriculum for novice simulation educators. AEM Educ Train 2023; 7:S58-S67. [PMID: 37383836 PMCID: PMC10294213 DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Objectives Debriefing is an integral component of simulation education, and effective debriefing education is required to maintain effective simulation programs. However, many educators report financial and logistical barriers to accessing formal debriefing training. Due to limited educator development opportunities, simulation program leaders are often compelled to utilize educators with insufficient debriefing training, which can limit the impact of simulation-based education. To address these concerns, the SAEM Simulation Academy Debriefing Workgroup authored the Workshop in Simulation Debriefing for Educators in Medicine (WiSDEM), a freely available, concise, and ready-to-deploy debriefing curriculum with a target audience of novice educators without formal debriefing training. In this study, we describe the development, initial implementation, and evaluation of the WiSDEM curriculum. Methods The Debriefing Workgroup iteratively developed the WiSDEM curriculum by expert consensus. The targeted level of content expertise was introductory. The curriculum's educational impact was assessed by surveying participants on their impressions of the curriculum and their confidence and self-efficacy in mastery of the material. Additionally, facilitators of the WiSDEM curriculum were surveyed on its content, usefulness, and future applicability. Results The WiSDEM curriculum was deployed during the SAEM 2022 Annual Meeting as a didactic presentation. Thirty-nine of 44 participants completed the participant survey, and four of four facilitators completed the facilitator survey. Participant and facilitator feedback on the curriculum content was positive. Additionally, participants agreed that the WiSDEM curriculum improved their confidence and self-efficacy in future debriefing. All surveyed facilitators agreed that they would recommend the curriculum to others. Conclusions The WiSDEM curriculum was effective at introducing basic debriefing principles to novice educators without formal debriefing training. Facilitators felt that the educational materials would be useful for providing debriefing training at other institutions. Consensus-driven, ready-to-deploy debriefing training materials such as the WiSDEM curriculum can address common barriers to developing basic debriefing proficiency in educators.
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- Kaiser Permanente Central ValleyModestoCaliforniaUSA
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- University of Florida College of MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashvilleTennesseeUSA
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- Rush University Medical CenterChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellManhassetNew YorkUSA
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- Hennepin County Medical CenterMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA
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- University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesLittle RockArkansasUSA
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Boyle TP, Dugas JN, Liu J, Stapleton SN, Medzon R, Walsh BM, Corey P, Shubitowski L, Horne JR, O'Connell R, Williams G, Nelson KP, Nadkarni VM, Camargo CA, Feldman JA. Adaptation of a Simulation Model and Checklist to Assess Pediatric Emergency Care Performance by Prehospital Teams. Simul Healthc 2023; 18:82-89. [PMID: 35238848 PMCID: PMC9437138 DOI: 10.1097/sih.0000000000000649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Simulation tools to assess prehospital team performance and identify patient safety events are lacking. We adapted a simulation model and checklist tool of individual paramedic performance to assess prehospital team performance and tested interrater reliability. METHODS We used a modified Delphi process to adapt 3 simulation cases (cardiopulmonary arrest, seizure, asthma) and checklist to add remote physician direction, target infants, and evaluate teams of 2 paramedics and 1 physician. Team performance was assessed with a checklist of steps scored as complete/incomplete by raters using direct observation or video review. The composite performance score was the percentage of completed steps. Interrater percent agreement was compared with the original tool. The tool was modified, and raters trained in iterative rounds until composite performance scoring agreement was 0.80 or greater (scale <0.20 = poor; 0.21-0.39 = fair, 0.40-0.59 = moderate; 0.60-0.79 = good; 0.80-1.00 = very good). RESULTS We achieved very good interrater agreement for scoring composite performance in 2 rounds using 6 prehospital teams and 4 raters. The original 175 step tool was modified to 171 steps. Interrater percent agreement for the final modified tool approximated the original tool for the composite checklist (0.80 vs. 0.85), cardiopulmonary arrest (0.82 vs. 0.86), and asthma cases (0.80 vs. 0.77) but was lower for the seizure case (0.76 vs. 0.91). Most checklist items (137/171, 80%) had good-very good agreement. Among 34 items with fair-moderate agreement, 15 (44%) related to patient assessment, 9 (26%) equipment use, 6 (18%) medication delivery, and 4 (12%) cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality. CONCLUSIONS The modified checklist has very good agreement for assessing composite prehospital team performance and can be used to test effects of patient safety interventions.
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- Tehnaz P Boyle
- From the Department of Pediatrics (T.P.B., B.M.W.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine (J.N.D., J.L., S.N.S., R.M., J.A.F.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine; Solomont Center for Simulation (T.P.B., S.N.S., R.M., B.M.W., P.C.), Boston Medical Center; Boston Emergency Medical Services (L.S., J.R.H., R.O.C., G.W.); Department of Biostatistics (K.P.N.), Boston University, Boston, MA; Center for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation (V.M.N.); Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (V.M.N.); The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (V.M.N.), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (V.M.N.), Philadelphia, PA; and Department of Emergency Medicine (C.A.C.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Chang TP, Elkin R, Boyle TP, Nishisaki A, Walsh B, Benary D, Auerbach M, Camacho C, Calhoun A, Stapleton SN, Whitfill T, Wood T, Fayyaz J, Gross IT, Thomas AA. Characterizing preferred terms for geographically distant simulations: distance, remote and telesimulation. Simul Healthc 2022. [DOI: 10.54531/drkq7209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Simulationists lack standard terms to describe new practices accommodating pandemic restrictions. A standard language around these new simulation practices allows ease of communication among simulationists in various settings.
We explored consensus terminology for simulation accommodating geographic separation of participants, facilitators or equipment. We used an iterative process with participants of two simulation conferences, with small groups and survey ranking.
Small groups (n = 121) and survey ranking (n = 54) were used with
This research has deepened our understanding of how simulationists interpret this terminology, including the derived themes: (1) physical distance/separation, (2) overarching nature of the term and (3) implications from existing terms. We further deepen the conceptual discussion on healthcare simulation aligned with the search of the terminologies. We propose there are nuances that prevent an early consensus recommendation. A taxonomy of descriptors specifying the conduct of
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- Todd P Chang
- 1Division of Emergency Medicine & Transport, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles/Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- 2Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center/Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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- 3Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- 4Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- 5Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- 6Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- 7Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 8Simulation and Outreach Education, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- 9Division of Critical Care, Norton Children’s Hospital, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- 10Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- 7Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 11Starship Child Health, Auckland, New Zealand
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- 12Division of Emergency Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 13Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 14Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
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Chang TP, Elkin R, Boyle TP, Nishisaki A, Walsh B, Benary D, Auerbach M, Camacho C, Calhoun A, Stapleton SN, Whitfill T, Wood T, Fayyaz J, Gross IT, Thomas AA. Characterizing preferred terms for geographically distant simulations: distance, remote and telesimulation. Simul Healthc 2022; 1:55-65. [DOI: 10.54531/dwti2869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Simulationists lack standard terms to describe new practices accommodating pandemic restrictions. A standard language around these new simulation practices allows ease of communication among simulationists in various settings.
We explored consensus terminology for simulation accommodating geographic separation of participants, facilitators or equipment. We used an iterative process with participants of two simulation conferences, with small groups and survey ranking.
Small groups (n = 121) and survey ranking (n = 54) were used with
This research has deepened our understanding of how simulationists interpret this terminology, including the derived themes: (1) physical distance/separation, (2) overarching nature of the term and (3) implications from existing terms. We further deepen the conceptual discussion on healthcare simulation aligned with the search of the terminologies. We propose there are nuances that prevent an early consensus recommendation. A taxonomy of descriptors specifying the conduct of
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- Todd P Chang
- 1Division of Emergency Medicine & Transport, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles/Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- 2Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center/Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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- 3Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- 4Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- 5Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- 6Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- 7Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 8Simulation and Outreach Education, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- 9Division of Critical Care, Norton Children’s Hospital, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- 10Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- 7Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 11Starship Child Health, Auckland, New Zealand
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- 12Division of Emergency Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- 13Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- 14Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
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Stapleton SN, Cassara M, Moadel T, Munzer BW, Sampson C, Wong AH, Chopra E, Kim J, Bentley S. Procedural task trainer gaps in emergency medicine: A rift in the simulation universe. AEM Educ Train 2022; 6:S32-S42. [PMID: 35783076 PMCID: PMC9222871 DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We identified and quantified the gap between emergency medicine (EM) procedures currently taught using simulation versus those that educators would teach if they had better procedural task trainers. Additionally, we endeavored to describe which procedures were taught using homemade models and the barriers to creation and use of additional homemade models. METHODS Using a modified Delphi process, we developed a survey and distributed it to a convenience sample of EM simulationists via the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Simulation Academy listserv. Survey items asked participants to identify procedures they thought should be taught using simulation ("most important"), do teach using simulation ("most frequent"), would teach if a simulator or model were available ("most needed"), and do teach using simulation with "homemade" models ("most frequent homemade"). RESULTS Thirty-seven surveys were completed. The majority of respondents worked at academic medical centers and were involved in simulation-based education for at least 6 years. Three procedures ranked highly in overall teaching importance and currently taught categories. We identified four procedures that ranked highly as both important techniques to teach and would teach via simulation. Two procedures were selected as the most important procedures that the participants do teach via simulation but would like to teach in an improved way. We found 14 procedures that simulationists would teach if an adequate model was available, four of which are of high importance. CONCLUSIONS This study captured data to illuminate the procedural model gap and inform future interventions that may address it and meet the overarching objective to create better and more readily available procedure models for EM simulation educators in the future. It offers an informed way of prioritizing procedures for which additional homemade models should be created and disseminated as well as barriers to be aware of and to work to overcome. Our work has implications for learners, educators, administrators, and industry.
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- Stephanie N. Stapleton
- Department of Emergency MedicineBoston University School of MedicineBoston Medical CenterBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineNorth Shore University HospitalDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellNorthwell Health Patient Safety Institute/Emergency Medical InstituteHempsteadNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellUniondaleNew YorkUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of Missouri School of MedicineColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineYale School of MedicineNew HavenConnecticutUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineJohns Hopkins School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineKings County Hospital/SUNY DownstateNew York CityNew YorkUSA
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- Departments of Emergency Medicine & Medical EducationIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNYC Health + Hospitals/ElmhurstElmhurstNew YorkUSA
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Stapleton SN, Wong AH, Ray JM, Rider AC, Moadel T, Bentley S, Cassara M. Virtual Mentoring: Two Adaptive Models for Supporting Early-career Simulation Investigators in the Era of Social Distancing. AEM Educ Train 2021; 5:105-110. [PMID: 33521496 PMCID: PMC7821069 DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Early-career simulation investigators identify limited mentorship as a common barrier to disseminating scholarship and launching a successful academic career in emergency medicine (EM). Conferences often bridge this gap, but the COVID-19 pandemic has forced their indefinite delay. Virtual solutions are needed to capitalize on the breadth of national simulation research experts and grow mentorship in a postpandemic world. METHODS We developed two complementary innovations to facilitate scholarship development and minimize COVID-associated career challenges resulting from social distancing requirements. The e-fellows forum (FF) provides a capstone experience for works-in-progress and the e-consultation service (CS) supports simulation research during the earlier project stages of design and development. In conjunction with the Society for Academic Medicine's Simulation Academy, we applied videoconferencing technology for both of these novel, virtual innovations. We analyzed corresponding chat transcripts and detailed field notes for emerging themes. In addition, we collected quantitative data via participant surveys regarding their experiences and impact on their projects. RESULTS Nine simulation fellows presented at the FF and seven junior simulation investigators participated in the CS sessions. Most preferred the virtual format (56% FF, 66% CS) and found the sessions to be helpful in project advancement (66% FF, 100% CS). COVID-19 affected most projects (89% FF, 67% CS). We identified three themes via qualitative analysis: design concerns and inquiries, validation or support shown by mentors and peers, and professional cohesion. CONCLUSIONS Participants felt that both virtual mentorship innovations advanced their simulation research projects and fostered a sense of professional cohesion within a greater community of practice. These benefits can be powerful at a time where simulation researchers in EM feel disconnected in an era of social distancing. Our future work will include adaptations to a hybrid model with both virtual and in-person modalities as well as creation of more e-mentorship opportunities, thus broadening the early-career simulation research community of practice.
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- Stephanie N. Stapleton
- From theDepartment of Emergency MedicineBoston University School of MedicineBoston Medical CenterBostonMAUSA
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- theDepartment of Emergency MedicineYale School of MedicineNew HavenCTUSA
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- theDepartment of Emergency MedicineYale School of MedicineNew HavenCTUSA
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- theDepartments of Emergency MedicineStanford UniversityPalo AltoCAUSA
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- theDepartment of Emergency MedicineNorth Shore University HospitalDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellManhassetNYUSA
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- theDepartment of Emergency Medicine & Medical EducationIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNYC Health + Hospitals/ElmhurstElmhurstNYUSA
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- and theDepartment of Emergency MedicineNorth Shore University HospitalDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellNorthwell Health Patient Safety Institute/Emergency Medical InstituteLake SuccessNYUSA
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Bentley S, Stapleton SN, Moschella PC, Ray JM, Zucker SM, Hernandez J, Rosenman ED, Wong AH. Barriers and Solutions to Advancing Emergency Medicine Simulation-based Research: A Call to Action. AEM Educ Train 2020; 4:S130-S139. [PMID: 32072117 PMCID: PMC7011408 DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Simulation technology has successfully improved patient safety and care quality through training and assessment of individuals, teams, and health care systems. Emergency medicine (EM) continues to be a leader and pioneer of simulation, including administration of simulation-based fellowships and training programs. However, EM simulation-based research has been limited by low rates of publication and poor methodologic rigor. The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Simulation Academy is leading efforts to improve the quality of scholarship generated by the EM simulation community and to foster successful research careers for future generations of EM simulationists. Through a needs assessment survey of our membership and a year-long consensus-based approach, we identified two main clusters of barriers to simulation-based research: lack of protected time and dedicated resources and limited training and mentorship. As a result, we generated four position statements with implications for education, training, and research in EM simulation and as a call to action for the academic EM community. Recommendations include expansion of funding opportunities for simulation-based research, creation of multi-institutional simulation collaboratives, and development of mentorship and training pathways that promote rigor in design and methodology within EM simulation scholarship.
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- Suzanne Bentley
- Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medical EducationIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew YorkNY
- NYC Health + Hospital/ElmhurstElmhurstNY
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- Department of Emergency MedicineYale School of MedicineNew HavenCT
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- Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasTX
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- Department of Emergency MedicineUniversity of Washington School of MedicineSeattleWA
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- Department of Emergency MedicineYale School of MedicineNew HavenCT
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Gerstenfeld LC, McLean J, Healey DS, Stapleton SN, Silkman LJ, Price C, Jepsen KJ. Genetic variation in the structural pattern of osteoclast activity during post-natal growth of mouse femora. Bone 2010; 46:1546-54. [PMID: 20178867 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Revised: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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While the spatial activity of osteoblasts has been associated with modeling of bones during development, few studies have examined if variation in the spatial activity of osteoclasts also contributes to the morphogenesis of skeletal tissues. We examined this question by histomorphometric analysis and reconstructing the three-dimensional spatial distribution of osteoclasts in the femora of three inbred strains of male mice (A/J, C57BL/6J [B6], and C3H/HeJ [C3H]) that have differing skeletal, structural, and material properties. Our data show that total osteoclast surface area and osteoclast numbers are related to the overall bone density, but not related to the development of bone diameter or overall cortical area. The analysis of the spatial distribution of the osteoclasts showed that the asymmetrical mid-diaphyseal distribution of osteoclasts in A/J and B6 compared to the more uniform distribution of these cells around the circumference in the C3H mice was consistent with the more ellipsoid shape of A/J and B6 femora compared to the more circular mid-diaphyseal shape of the femora in the C3H mice. The statistically 2- to 3-fold fewer cells on the periosteal surface in the C3H compared to either the B6 or A/J mice is also consistent with the greater cortical thickness that is seen for the C3H mice compared to either B6 or A/J strains. In vitro studies of osteoclastogenesis and the expression of numerous phenotypic properties of osteoclasts prepared from the three strains of mice showed that A/J and B6 mice developed statistically greater numbers of tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) positive cells and expressed statistically higher levels of multiple mRNAs that are unique to differentiated osteoclasts than those isolated from the C3H strain. In summary, the 3D reconstructions and histomorphometric analysis suggest that genetic differences lead to spatial variation in the distribution of osteoclasts. These variations in spatial distribution of osteoclasts in turn contribute in part to the development of the structural variations of the femora that are seen in the three strains of mice. In vitro studies suggest that intrinsic genetic variation in osteoclastogenesis and their phenotypic expression may contribute to the differences in their functional activities that give rise to the unique spatial distributions of these cells in bones.
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- L C Gerstenfeld
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
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Jepsen KJ, Price C, Silkman LJ, Nicholls FH, Nasser P, Hu B, Hadi N, Alapatt M, Stapleton SN, Kakar S, Einhorn TA, Gerstenfeld LC. Genetic variation in the patterns of skeletal progenitor cell differentiation and progression during endochondral bone formation affects the rate of fracture healing. J Bone Miner Res 2008; 23:1204-16. [PMID: 18348700 PMCID: PMC2650253 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.080317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2007] [Revised: 02/20/2008] [Accepted: 03/12/2008] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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These studies examined how genetic differences that regulate architectural and bone material properties would be expressed during fracture healing and determine whether any of these features would affect rates of healing as defined by regain of strength. Controlled fractures were generated in three inbred strains of mice: A/J, C57Bl/6J (B6), and C3H/HeJ (C3H). Both the A/J and B6 strains showed faster healing than the C3H strain based on regains in strength and stiffness. Strain-specific architectural features such as moment of inertia, cross-sectional area, and cortical thickness were all recapitulated during the development of the callus tissues. None of these traits were directly relatable to rates of fracture healing. However, rates of healing were related to variations in the temporal patterns of chondrogenic and osteogenic lineage development. The B6 strain expressed the highest percentage of cartilage gene products and had the longest period of chondrocyte maturation and hypertrophy. The slowest healing strain (C3H) had the shortest period of chondrogenic development and earliest initiation of osteogenic development. Although the A/J strain showed an almost identical pattern of chondrogenic development as the C3H strain, A/J initiated osteogenic development several days later than C3H during fracture healing. Long bone growth plates at 28 days after birth showed similar strain-specific variation in cartilage tissue development as seen in fracture healing. Thus, the B6 strain had the largest growth plate heights, cell numbers per column, and the largest cell size, whereas the C3H columns were the shortest, had the smallest number of cells per column, and showed the smallest cell sizes. These results show that (1) different strains of mice express variations of skeletal stem cell lineage differentiation and (2) that these variations affect the rate of fracture healing.
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- Karl J Jepsen
- Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Gerstenfeld LC, Alkhiary YM, Krall EA, Nicholls FH, Stapleton SN, Fitch JL, Bauer M, Kayal R, Graves DT, Jepsen KJ, Einhorn TA. Three-dimensional reconstruction of fracture callus morphogenesis. J Histochem Cytochem 2006; 54:1215-28. [PMID: 16864894 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.6a6959.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Rat and mouse femur and tibia fracture calluses were collected over various time increments of healing. Serial sections were produced at spatial segments across the fracture callus. Standard histological methods and in situ hybridization to col1a1 and col2a1 mRNAs were used to define areas of cartilage and bone formation as well as tissue areas undergoing remodeling. Computer-assisted reconstructions of histological sections were used to generate three-dimensional images of the spatial morphogenesis of the fracture calluses. Endochondral bone formation occurred in an asymmetrical manner in both the femur and tibia, with cartilage tissues seen primarily proximal or distal to the fractures in the respective calluses of these bones. Remodeling of the calcified cartilage proceeded from the edges of the callus inward toward the fracture producing an inner-supporting trabecular structure over which a thin outer cortical shell forms. These data suggest that the specific developmental mechanisms that control the asymmetrical pattern of endochondral bone formation in fracture healing recapitulated the original asymmetry of development of a given bone because femur and tibia grow predominantly from their respective distal and proximal physis. These data further show that remodeling of the calcified cartilage produces a trabecular bone structure unique to fracture healing that provides the rapid regain in weight-bearing capacity to the injured bone.
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Affiliation(s)
- Louis C Gerstenfeld
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, 715 Albany Street, R-205, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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