Pro/Con: Telesimulation in Critical Care: Lessons Learned

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Tensing Maa, MD

  Nationwide Children's Hospital
  Columbus, Ohio

  No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

COVID-19 affected undergraduate and graduate medical education for all trainees in all disciplines, including clinical bedside experience, knowledge assessment in high-stakes certification examination administration, and case volume decrement for procedural and operative disciplines. Traditional in-person simulations of small and large scale were affected by the paucity of personal protective equipment and the risks of clinicians congregating in groups. Variation in ability and resources to deliver in-person simulation warranted rapid expansion of telesimulation and creative solutions to close experience and knowledge gaps, which continued for several months during the pandemic.

Presentations:

• Teaching Interprofessional Ventilator Management via Telesimulation
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Robert A. Finkelstein, MD – New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center
• What Was New Is Even More New Again
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Pooja Nawathe, MD, CHSE-A,FCCM – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Telesimulation and Tele-Critical Care Interface
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Kristina M. Ieronimakis, BA, BS, BSN, CCRN – Madigan Army Medical Center