i bought a manikin - what now?
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I bought a manikin what now?
Łukasz Gąsiorowski, MD, PhD
Acting DirectorMedical Simulation Center
Poznań University of Medical Sciences
Disclosures
• None
The beginning
The goal
Potential problems:
• What is simulation in first place? What do want to simulate anyway?
• So much money for CPR training?– I had phantoms
when I was in medical school…
Potential problems:
• People do not see the need:– We have real patients why bother?– We’ve been teaching in Clinics for xx years,
what’s wrong with that?
• We are very busy and don’t have time!
Simulation sells itself
• „I won’t tell you, please come over”
• The power from the student:– Different
generation:• Facebook and
Twitter• Smartphone
• E-learning
Simulation sells itself
• „Today, this was the best class in my entire University”
• „Could we come over on another day and do some more, please?”
Curriculum development program
• Can we just have classes here?
• Interdisciplinary nature:– Medical students– Nursing – Paramedics– Pharmacy
Courses taught
• Thoracic Surgery
• Trauma Surgery
• Neurological Surgery
• Disaster Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• OB/Gyn
Courses taught
• Internal Medicine:– Basis of clinical exam– Endocrinology– Gastroenterology– Pulmonary Medicine– Cardiology
• Intensive care
• Pediatrics
Basic sciences
• Physiology
• Pharmacotherapy
Numbers
• University year 2010/11: 297 students and 2 clinical instructors
• University year 2014/15: 4,340 students and 46 instructors
StaffSimulation Center
Technicians
• Medical background necessary?
• Role:– Confederate (?
nurse, X-ray technicians)
Technicians
• Roles:– Manikin & Room setup– Auxiliary equipment setup– Manikin Maintenance– Scenario programming– Web site & maintenance
Other staff
• Director: vision, mission and development
• Manager: – equipment oversight, – procedures
• Scheduler
SchedulingLogistical monster
Scheduling
• Calendar:– On-line Google calendar– Professional scheduling device
• Rules:– Reservation process.– Priorities– Interdisciplinary
Scenario development
• Ideas:– Authors (students)– Advisors
• Programming
• Template
MARKETING AND PUBLICITY
Why important?
• Your Center:– Get more educators– A better budget– Get more support
• Your institution– A good marketing tool distinguishing from
other programs
• Your country:– Improve patients’ care
How to market
• Web page:– Center scope of
activities– Picture gallery– Courses
description– News and events
Social media
News coverage
• „SimMan and his swine lungs!” first lung transplant simulation with organ procurement and donation
SimWars/ SimOlympics
• Interdisciplinary competition between mixed teams of medical, nursing, paramedic students
• Started in 2011
SimWars/ SimOlympics
• Winners go to national finals
• Winners of the national finals go to SESAM Meeting
SimOlympics
• 1st SimOlympics @ Poznan, Poland in 2014
• This year @ SESAM in Belfast, UK
National awareness
• The Polish Society of Medical Simulation:– Consolidate national simulation experts and
enthusiasts– Create an expert panel to work with
government– Work with SESAM
• Ministry of Health lobbying
POWER
• 280 million PLN ($80 million) EU grant for development of University-based Simulation Center Network.– 12 Medical School must collaborate– 20% set for training– Program duration 2014-2017
