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Gardner AK, DeMoya MA, Tinkoff GH, et al. Using simulation for disaster preparedness. Surgery. 2016;160(3):565-70doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.03.027.
Gardner, A. K., DeMoya, M. A., Tinkoff, G. H., Brown, K. M., Garcia, G. D., Miller, G. T., Zaidel, B. W., Korndorffer, J. R., Scott, D. J., & Sachdeva, A. K. (2016). Using simulation for disaster preparedness. Surgery, 160(3), 565-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2016.03.027
Gardner, Aimee K, et al. "Using simulation for disaster preparedness." Surgery vol. 160,3 (2016): 565-70. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2016.03.027
Gardner AK, DeMoya MA, Tinkoff GH, Brown KM, Garcia GD, Miller GT, Zaidel BW, Korndorffer JR, Scott DJ, Sachdeva AK. Using simulation for disaster preparedness. Surgery. 2016 Sep;160(3):565-70. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.03.027. Epub 2016 May 17. PMID: 27206335.
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Surgery. 2016 Sep;160(3):565-70. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.03.027. Epub 2016 May 17.

Using simulation for disaster preparedness.

Surgery

Aimee K Gardner, Marc A DeMoya, Glen H Tinkoff, Kimberly M Brown, George D Garcia, Geoffrey T Miller, Bernice W Zaidel, James R Korndorffer, Daniel J Scott, Ajit K Sachdeva

Affiliations

  1. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
  3. Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE.
  4. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
  5. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
  6. Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA.
  7. Federal Emergency Management Agency, Anniston, AL.
  8. Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
  9. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
  10. American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL.

PMID: 27206335 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.03.027

Abstract

BACKGROUND: As it addresses both technical and nontechnical skills, simulation-based training is playing an increasingly important role in surgery. In addition to the focus on skill acquisition, it is also important to ensure that surgeons are able to perform a variety of tasks in unique and challenging situations. These situations include responding to mass casualties, dealing with disease outbreaks, and preparing for wartime missions. Simulation-based training can be a valuable training modality in these situations, as it allows opportunities to practice and prepare for high-risk and often low-frequency events.

METHODS: During the 8th Annual Meeting of the Consortium of the American College of Surgeons-Accredited Education Institutes in March 2015, a multidisciplinary panel was assembled to discuss how simulation can be used to prepare the surgical community for such high-risk events.

CONCLUSION: An overview of how simulation has been used to address needs in each of these situations is presented.

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