Tanna Boyer, School of Medicine
Principal Investigator: Tanna Boyer, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesia, School of Medicine
Co-Principal Investigators: Sally Mitchell, assistant professor, Department of Anesthesia, School of Medicine
Project Title: Just in Time Training: Development of an in situ Simulation Training Program for AA Students, IUSM Medical Students, and IUSM Anesthesia Residents
Funding Level: $10,000
Abstract:
All learners in the Department of Anesthesia are required to perform procedures on patients, document clinical experience for graduation, and are expected to progress from novice toward competent. Procedural skill acquisition is a complicated process that has been approached by multiple perspectives, theories, frameworks, and instructional methods. Current literature rejects the see one, do one, teach one philosophy where the patient is the novice’s first attempt, and instead favors simulation with do many, preferably on task trainers and with deliberate practice which is then followed by patient care. Rather, there is a paradigm shift toward deliberate practice and mastery learning for competency-based education. Just-in-time teaching (JiTT) and learning has been shown to positively affect student achievement in multiple disciplines. Simulation with use of task trainers has been shown to positively affect learner acquisition of procedural skills. We propose the purchase of JiTT task trainers for IV insertion, arterial line placement, lumbar epidural and spinal placement, and airway management. These task trainers will be used at 4 IU Health Hospitals just outside the operating rooms: Eskenazi, University, Riley, and the VA. Faculty will be available to both teach and assess skill level of learners immediately prior to practice on actual patients. We will study the impact this has on clinical success, confidence, and how it affects the teachers’ interventions.
