TITLE:
Bronchoscopy Simulation in Anesthesia Resident Education
AUTHORS:
John McNeil, John Pawlowski
KEYWORDS:
Simulation; Bronchoscopy; Education; Residency
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Anesthesiology,
Vol.3 No.3,
May
14,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Simulation in residency training is
becoming more popular but there is limited evidence showing that it can improve
a resident’s fund of knowledge, particularly in anesthesiology. We looked at
whether a bronchoscopy simulation could improve performance on a thoracic
anesthesia knowledge test administered both before and after using the
simulator. Fourteen first-year anesthesiology residents completed the study
with an average improvement on the test of 28% (p 0.05). We conclude that bronchoscopy
simulation is an effective method of educating anesthesiology residents.