Increasing emergency medicine residents' confidence in disaster management: use of an emergency department simulator and an expedited curriculum.

Statistical analysis was performed using the “R” statistics package Version 2.10.1

Prospective, observational cohort study

Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) criteriaDisaster knowledge

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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simulation using the Disastermed.Ca

Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action.
Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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DisasterSimulator computer software Version 3.5.2 (Disastermed.Ca, Edmonton, Alberta,Canada)Curriculum design was centered around published guidelines for Canadian medical schools25 participants

pre-test was performed to evaluate initial resident knowledge.The teaching curriculum consisted of five one-hour academic sessions.Following the five academic sessions, the residents participated in the Disastermed.Ca

Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action.
Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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Department disaster simulation.Immediately following the simulation, residents completed the post-test, which contained the same questions as the pre-test.

The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an expedited

class attendance was erratic, and no inventory of participant attendance was performedanswers to these question frequently were wrong in the post-testsince there are no validated instruments to assess knowledge of

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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Medicine, it may be that the test simply is not valid for assessing knowledge

A simulation-based model of

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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Medicine

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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, requiring approximately eight hours of classroom time.All residents agreed that the course was a valuable experience, and felt that the simulation-based learning module was preferable to a module based solely on didactic lectures. Most felt that the curriculum was of appropriate length at approximately eight hours. Although there was no statistical improvement in test scoring, following the course, residents felt more confident in the ability to manage a Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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, both on an individual and departmental basis.

Twenty-five residents agreed to partake in the

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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curriculum.The study protocol was approved by the University of Alberta Health

The ethics of the planning, conduct, and reporting of research; this pertains in particular to rules and guidelines for the participation and protection of individuals taking part in the research activities.

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Board.

A simulation-based curriculum was developed. The curriculum included four group exercises in which the participants developed a

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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plan for a simulated hospital. This was followed by a Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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simulation using the Disastermed.Ca

Sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or event requiring immediate action.
Note 1 to entry: An emergency is usually a disruption or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for, but seldom exactly foreseen.

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Disaster Simulator computer software Version 3.5.2