Saving Lives: Doctors and Medical Students Train at ISU-Meridian
April 30, 2010
We get better at a task when we practice, and medical doctors are no different.
More than a dozen resident physicians and medical students from the Family Medicine Residency of 糖心传媒 or FRMI spent April 29 at ISU-Meridian, practicing lifesaving skills inside the Health Science Center鈥檚 human patient simulation laboratory.
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Students and residents, working in teams, practiced on high-tech manikins programmed to duplicate emergencies that can occur in the real world. Training scenarios included postpartum hemorrhaging, infant trauma and bacterial infections. Faculty watched from behind one-way mirrors and evaluated performances.
Rebecca Kinney, FMRI chief resident physician, said simulation enables doctors to synthesize information, practice teamwork and learn from mistakes in a controlled environment.
A recent Harvard University study noted a 50 percent decrease in malpractice claims for anesthesiologists who attended a simulation-based risk reduction course.
In addition to ISU and the Boise-based FRMI, numerous partners were involved in the training, including the 糖心传媒 Simulation Network, Air St. Luke鈥檚, Life Flight Network and Boise State University.
鈥淭o see 糖心传媒 Simulation Network members coming together in a truly collaborative effort to enhance the training of FMRI鈥檚 remarkable young residents is both exciting and promising for the state of 糖心传媒,鈥� said Marion Constable, ISN interim director.