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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedMurray DJ, Boyle WA, Beyatte MB
Decision-making skills improve with critical care training: using simulation to measure progress.
Health care professionals are expected to acquire decision-making skills during their training, but few methods are available to assess progress in acquiring these essential skills. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a simulation methodology could be used to assess whether decision-making skills improve during critical care training. The investigators indicate that their findings provide evidence to support the validity of a simulation-based method to assess progress in decision-making skills.
AHRQ-funded; HS022265.
Citation: Murray DJ, Boyle WA, Beyatte MB .
Decision-making skills improve with critical care training: using simulation to measure progress.
J Crit Care 2018 Oct;47:133-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.06.021..
Keywords: Critical Care, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Decision Making, Simulation, Teams, Training
Boyle WA, Murray DJ, Beyatte MB
Simulation-based assessment of critical care "front-line" providers.
The researchers developed a standardized simulation method to assess clinical skills of ICU providers. Their simulation assessments yielded reasonably reliable measures of Critical Care Medicine decision-making skills. Despite a wide range of performance, those with more ICU training and experience performed better, providing evidence to support the validity of the scores.
AHRQ-funded; HS018734; HS022265.
Citation: Boyle WA, Murray DJ, Beyatte MB .
Simulation-based assessment of critical care "front-line" providers.
Crit Care Med 2018 Jun;46(6):e516-e22. doi: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000003073.
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Keywords: Critical Care, Decision Making, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Provider Performance, Training