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A multidisciplinary international collaborative implementing low cost, high fidelity 3D printed airway models to enhance Ethiopian anesthesia resident emergency cricothyroidotomy skills
- Source :
- International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology. 114
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Background Similar to other sub-Saharan countries, Ethiopia suffers from a severe shortage of adequately trained health professionals. Academic partnerships can support sustainable training programs and build capacity for low-resource settings. 3D modeling and simulation-based training provide necessary tools, especially for rarely-encountered clinical situations, such as needle cricothyroidotomy. Methods Departments of Anesthesiology, Otolaryngology, and Learning Health Sciences collaborated to develop a low-cost, high-fidelity simulator and Cricothryoidotomy Skills Maintenance Program (CSMP). Twelve anesthesia residents at St. Paul's Hospital Medical Millennium College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia participated in CSMP. The program consisted of a didactic session with presentation and demonstration and an immersive CICO scenario. Program evaluation was performed using pre/post-training knowledge and 2 procedural performance assessments-the CSMP Global Rating Scale and the Checklist. With consent, performances were videotaped and rated independently by 3 University of Michigan faculty. Results Improvements were identified in all areas, including residents' knowledge, measured by mean summed test scores (Mpre = 3.31,Mpost = 4.46,p = 0.003), time to perform cricothyroidotomy (Mpre = 96.64,Mpost = 72.82,p = 0.12), residents' performance quality, measured by overall mean Global ratings, (Mpre = 0.20; Mpost = 0.70) with improvements identified at the item-level, p = 0.001 with moderate-large effect sizes, and residents' ability to complete tasks, measured by mean Checklist ratings (Mpre = 0.51,Mpost = 0.90, with item-level improvements observed, p ≤ 0.01, with small-large effect sizes. Residents' self-reported confidence also improved (Mpre = 1.69, Mpost = 3.08,p = 0.001). Conclusion Our work shows that cricothyroidotomy skills taught to anesthesia residents at SPHMMC with a 3D printed laryngotracheal model improves knowledge, skills, and confidence. The creation of a low-cost, high-fidelity simulator and a CSMP has the potential to impact patient care and safety world-wide.
- Subjects :
- Program evaluation
Models, Anatomic
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Session (web analytics)
Article
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030202 anesthesiology
Multidisciplinary approach
Anesthesiology
Physicians
Global health
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Intersectoral Collaboration
Simulation Training
business.industry
Internship and Residency
General Medicine
Checklist
Test (assessment)
Otorhinolaryngology
Anesthesia
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Printing, Three-Dimensional
Clinical Competence
Ethiopia
Tracheotomy
business
Program Evaluation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18728464
- Volume :
- 114
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c69f168730d983d138f4610ada51d30d