Can Simulation Measure Differences in Task-Switching Ability Between Junior and Senior Emergency Medicine Residents?
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Smith, Dustin; Miller, Daniel G.; Cukor, Jeffrey
Introduction: Work interruptions during patient care have been correlated with error. Task-switching is identified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) as a core competency for emergency medicine (EM). Simulation has been suggested as a means of assessing EM core competencies. We assumed that senior EM residents had better task-switching abilities than junior EM residents. We hypothesized that this difference could be measured by observing the execution of patient care tasks in the simulation environment when a patient with a ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) interrupted the ongoing management of a septic shock case.
2016
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health