Board #205 - Program Innovation The Pediatric Critical Care Boot Camp: Evaluating a Curriculum (Submission #9113)

Conclusion: Implicit and explicit objectives were achieved as participants found the curriculum to be valuable, felt that it improved or will improve their clinical knowledge, skills and behaviors and reported an increased comfort level in the core skill topics. These findings were similar to a previously published report. 12 However, it is well known that there is a lack of correlation between learners' perception and actual skill acquisition so we aspired to go beyond perception. Additionally, one can question how much knowledge or skill learners can actually acquire with the bulk learning that occurs in boot camps. Participants in our curriculum demonstrated, as a group and individually, significant skill acquisition in vascular access procedures, as shown by their increased itemized checklist scores from baseline. Thus, we believe that a curriculum that integrates educational theories could expedite clinical/procedural competency or, at the very least, shorten one's learning curve. The evaluation of the Boot Camp curriculum served formative and summative purposes at both the individual and program level. This has led to its maintenance and adaptation to include advanced practice providers and other fellowship training programs throughout the institution. References: 1. Weinberga ER, Auerbachb MA, and Shaha B. The use of simulation for pediatric training and assessment. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 2009; 21: 282-287. 2. Eppicha WJ, Adlera MD, McGaghieb WC. Emergency and c...
Source: Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare - Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Abstracts Source Type: research