Mastery Learning Ensures Correct Personal Protective Equipment Use in Simulated Clinical Encounters of COVID-19
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Pokrajac, Nicholas; Schertzer, Kimberly; Poffenberger, Cori M.; Alvarez, Al'ai; Marin-Nevarez, Paloma; Winstead-Derlega, Christopher; Gisondi, Michael A.
Introduction: The correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) limits transmission of serious communicable diseases to healthcare workers, which is critically important in the era of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, prior studies illustrated that healthcare workers frequently err during application and removal of PPE. The goal of this study was to determine whether a simulation-based, mastery learning intervention with deliberate practice improves correct use of PPE by physicians during a simulated clinical encounter with a COVID-19 patient.
2020
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
21/5
Pokrajac, Nicholas; Schertzer, Kimberly; Poffenberger, Cori M.; Alvarez, Al'ai; Marin-Nevarez, Paloma; Winstead-Derlega, Christopher; Gisondi, Michael A.