Contact
Office of Medical Education
2020 Gravier Street
Suite 602
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-568-4006
Fax: 504-599-1453
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Human Patient Simulation Lab Curriculum
Curriculum Design
- Based on standard treatment protocols and principles of best practices
- Reviewed and validated by content experts
- Pre-programmed into dynamic and highly interactive scenarios
Learning Objectives
- Systemic approach to patient assessment and medical management
- Developing and improving doctor/patient and team communication skills
- Safe, effective patient care in stressful environments
- Effective critical reasoning in partially transparent reality
- Professionalism
Method of Teaching
- Small Group Teaching
- Student-focused simulator-based
- Teaching through inquiry
- Outcome-based training
- Controlled stress environment
- Reinforcement of procedural and cognitive skills
Patient Simulation Cases
- Airway management
- Effective patient ventilation - manual and mechanical
- Diagnosis and management of hemodynamically unstable patients
- Diagnosis and management of patients with multiple trauma (e.g., pneumothorax, internal bleeding. etc.)
- Diagnosis and management of patients with arrhythmias
- Diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory problems (e.g., asthma, ARDS, COPD etc)
- Diagnosis and management of patients with pregnancy complications
- Diagnosis and management of patients with general anesthetic complications
- Diagnosis and management of patients with anaphylactic reactions
- Diagnosis and management of patients with thermal injury
- Diagnosis and management of patients with shock (e.g., septic, cardiogenic, etc.)
- Diagnosis and management of patients with thrombotic complications (e.g., pulmonary, coronary)
- Diagnosis of anesthesia equipment malfunction and management (e.g., exhausted absorber, problem with patient-out valve)
- Diagnosis and management of patients with high tolerance of opioids
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