Filling the Gap: Simulation-based Crisis Resource Management Training for Emergency Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In today's team-oriented healthcare environment, high-quality patient care requires physicians to possess not only medical knowledge and technical skills but also crisis resource management (CRM) skills. In emergency medicine (EM), the high acuity and dynamic environment makes CRM skills of physicians particularly critical to healthcare team success. The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medicine Education Core Competencies that guide residency program curriculums include CRM skills; however, EM residency programs are not given specific instructions as to how to teach these skills to their trainees. This article describes a simulation-based CRM course designed specifically for novice EM residents.

Methods

The CRM course includes an introductory didactic presenta

SUBMITTER: Parsons JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785195 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature