i bought a manikin - what now?

I bought a manikin what now?

Łukasz Gąsiorowski, MD, PhD

Acting DirectorMedical Simulation Center

Poznań University of Medical Sciences

Disclosures

• None

The beginning

The goal

Potential problems:

• What is simulation in first place? What do want to simulate anyway?

• So much money for CPR training?– I had phantoms

when I was in medical school…

Potential problems:

• People do not see the need:– We have real patients why bother?– We’ve been teaching in Clinics for xx years,

what’s wrong with that?

• We are very busy and don’t have time!

Simulation sells itself

• „I won’t tell you, please come over”

• The power from the student:– Different

generation:• Facebook and

Twitter• Smartphone

• E-learning

Simulation sells itself

• „Today, this was the best class in my entire University”

• „Could we come over on another day and do some more, please?”

Curriculum development program

• Can we just have classes here?

• Interdisciplinary nature:– Medical students– Nursing – Paramedics– Pharmacy

Courses taught

• Thoracic Surgery

• Trauma Surgery

• Neurological Surgery

• Disaster Medicine

• Emergency Medicine

• OB/Gyn

Courses taught

• Internal Medicine:– Basis of clinical exam– Endocrinology– Gastroenterology– Pulmonary Medicine– Cardiology

• Intensive care

• Pediatrics

Basic sciences

• Physiology

• Pharmacotherapy

Numbers

• University year 2010/11: 297 students and 2 clinical instructors

• University year 2014/15: 4,340 students and 46 instructors

StaffSimulation Center

Technicians

• Medical background necessary?

• Role:– Confederate (?

nurse, X-ray technicians)

Technicians

• Roles:– Manikin & Room setup– Auxiliary equipment setup– Manikin Maintenance– Scenario programming– Web site & maintenance

Other staff

• Director: vision, mission and development

• Manager: – equipment oversight, – procedures

• Scheduler

SchedulingLogistical monster

Scheduling

• Calendar:– On-line Google calendar– Professional scheduling device

• Rules:– Reservation process.– Priorities– Interdisciplinary

Scenario development

• Ideas:– Authors (students)– Advisors

• Programming

• Template

MARKETING AND PUBLICITY

Why important?

• Your Center:– Get more educators– A better budget– Get more support

• Your institution– A good marketing tool distinguishing from

other programs

• Your country:– Improve patients’ care

How to market

• Web page:– Center scope of

activities– Picture gallery– Courses

description– News and events

Social media

News coverage

• „SimMan and his swine lungs!” first lung transplant simulation with organ procurement and donation

SimWars/ SimOlympics

• Interdisciplinary competition between mixed teams of medical, nursing, paramedic students

• Started in 2011

SimWars/ SimOlympics

• Winners go to national finals

• Winners of the national finals go to SESAM Meeting

SimOlympics

• 1st SimOlympics @ Poznan, Poland in 2014

• This year @ SESAM in Belfast, UK

National awareness

• The Polish Society of Medical Simulation:– Consolidate national simulation experts and

enthusiasts– Create an expert panel to work with

government– Work with SESAM

• Ministry of Health lobbying

POWER

• 280 million PLN ($80 million) EU grant for development of University-based Simulation Center Network.– 12 Medical School must collaborate– 20% set for training– Program duration 2014-2017

Questions?

• lgasior@ump.edu.pl