Simulation Training
In 2002, the UF Department of Emergency Medicine began utilizing high fidelity simulations in its residency training. This placed the residency program at the forefront of the trend toward competency-based training and provided a better and safer training environment for its residents.
Simulation training bridges the gap between the classroom and the "real-life" experience by challenging the trainee to make critical decisions and then allowing them to witness the results of those decisions in a controlled, observed and patient-safe environment with faculty and peer feedback.
Since it's early beginings, the emergency medicine educational curriculum has significantly evolved to use simulations in educational conferences, using advanced resuscitation equipment and medications in multiple treatment settings, including triage and communications and resuscitation rooms. In July 2005, simulation based training was increased to and remains at 50 percent of the monthly lecture time.
Faculty reserve dedicated simulation time at the UF Center for Simulation Education and Safety Research (CSESaR), which was established in 2005/2006. The emergency medicine residency program's faculty played a critical role in the creation of this center, which provides simulation educational opportunities to the entire campus, across all specialties. This location offers a wonderful opportunity to explore a variety of training scenarios, including mass casualty events and multiple patient encounters.
The center has a wide variety of equipment, including three Sim. Man (Laerdal) full sized simulators, which are most often used in residency simulation training. For a full list of equipment, visit the services page on the CSESaR Web site.