Implementation a Medical Simulation Curriculum in Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Abstract

Applying simulation in medical education is becoming more and more popular. The use of simulation in medical training has led to effective learning and safer care for patients. Nowadays educators have confronted with the challenge of respecting patient safety or bedside teaching. There is widespread evidence, supported by robust research, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, on how much effective simulation is. Simulation supports the acquisition of procedural, technical and non-technical skills through repetitive practice with feedbacks. Our plan was to induct simulation in emergency medicine residency program in order to ameliorate our defects in clinical bedside training. Our residents believed that simulation could be effective in their real medical practice. They mentioned that facilitators' expertise and good medical knowledge, was the strongest point of the program and lack of proper facilities was the weakest.

Keywords: Emergency medicine; Medical education; Simulation.