Remote rapid cycle deliberate practice simulation training during the COVID-19 pandemic

Reinis Balmaks; Luize Auzina; Isabel Theresia Gross

doi:10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000671

Remote rapid cycle deliberate practice simulation training during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn. 2020 Jun 2;7(3):176-177. doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000671. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Reinis Balmaks^{1

2}, Luize Auzina², Isabel Theresia Gross^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Skills and Medical Technology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.
² Departement of Pediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is posing new challenges for medical education and simulation practice given local social distancing requirements. This report describes the use of an online platform for rapid cycle deliberate practice simulation training that can be used and tailored to local COVID-19 pandemic restrictions as it allows for participants, facilitators and simulation equipment to be apart.

Keywords: computer simulation; e-learning; emergency paediatrics; screen based (virtual patient); simulation.