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Growing the Next Generation of Professionals: Utilizing Obstetric Simulation in the Women\'s Health Course as a Foundation for Inter-Professional Education and Collaboration
Objective/background: Inter-professional teamwork and communication are essential for optimal patient care. A collaborative and creative OBGYN inter-professional event involving both Liberty University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and School of Nursing has been uniquely crafted and tested. During the second year women’s health course, medical students engage in obstetrics simulation alongside nursing students. This interaction facilitates a safe level of uncertainty in the learner concerning simulation, clinical scenarios, and professionally interfacing. The facilitated panel discussion concluding the event incorporates
self-assessment and team debriefing. The goal is to encourage superb communication, to address the development of a student’s emotional quotient, and to provide the early foundation for healthy interactions with nurses.
Worskshop Agenda:1. (25 min) Review: event background, importance of medical simulation, effective communication tools like TEAMSTEPPS, faculty and student learning objectives.
2. (10 min) Orient all learners to the patient (Lucina simulator), the “delivery room” and the different team member roles. A subgroup of volunteers is given lanyards with assigned roles.
3. (10 min) Run a delivery simulation with role playing volunteers.
4. (5 min) Observers complete a self-reflection handout.
5. (20 min) Panel discussion involving a facilitator, the volunteer learners, and our audience. Our “Lucina patient voice” will also provide feedback to the volunteers on patientcommunication skills.
Interactive Component: 3 - 5
Take Home Product: A toolkit including everything needed to reproduce the event: learning objectives, “roles” of learners, standardized simulation scenarios (2), observer reflection handout, and questions to facilitate an effective panel discussion
Keywords: Inter-professional, simulation, collaboration
Topics:
Faculty Development Seminar, 2019, Clerkship Director, Osteopathic Faculty, Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Professionalism, Systems-Based Practice & Improvement, Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Practice-Based Learning & Improvement, UME, Simulation, Team-Based Learning,
