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Trial reportSimulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare2018

A Validation Argument for a Simulation-Based Training Course Centered on Assessment, Recognition, and Early Management of Pediatric Sepsis.

Gary L Geis, Derek S Wheeler, Amy Bunger, Laura G Militello, Regina G Taylor, Jerome P Bauer, Terri L Byczkowski, Benjamin T Kerrey, Mary D Patterson

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Trial report in Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Sepsis and Clinical Simulation: What Is New? (and Old).Journal of personalized medicine · 2023
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9 authors.

Gary L GeisFrom the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (G.L.G., D.S.W., R.G.T., J.B., T.B., B.T.K.); University of Cincinnati Medical Center (A.B.); Applied Decision Science (L.G.M.), LLC; and Children's National Medical Center (M.D.P.), Cincinnati, OH.
Derek S Wheeler
Amy Bunger
Laura G Militello
Regina G Taylor
Jerome P Bauer
Terri L Byczkowski
Benjamin T Kerrey
Mary D Patterson

Funding

Acceleration to Expertise: Simulation as a Tool to Improve the Recognition of SepR18HS020455 · AHRQ · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI GEIS, GARY LEE · 2011 to 2013
$1.0M
AHRQ HHS R18 HS020455
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionEarly recognition of sepsis remains one of the greatest challenges in medicine. Novice clinicians are often responsible for the recognition of sepsis and the initiation of urgent management. The aim of this study was to create a validity argument for the use of a simulation-based training course centered on assessment, recognition, and early management of sepsis in a laboratory-based setting.

methodsFive unique simulation scenarios were developed integrating critical sepsis cues identified through qualitative interviewing. Scenarios were piloted with groups of novice, intermediate, and expert pediatric physicians. The primary outcome was physician recognition of sepsis, measured with an adapted situation awareness global assessment tool. Secondary outcomes were physician compliance with pediatric advanced life support (PALS) guidelines and early sepsis management (ESM) recommendations, measured by two internally derived tools. Analysis compared recognition of sepsis by levels of expertise and measured association of sepsis recognition with the secondary outcomes.

resultsEighteen physicians were recruited, six per study group. Each physician completed three sepsis simulations. Sepsis was recognized in 19 (35%) of 54 simulations. The odds that experts recognized sepsis was 2.6 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.5-13.8] times greater than novices. Adjusted for severity, for every point increase in the PALS global performance score, the odds that sepsis was recognized increased by 11.3 (95% CI = 3.1-41.4). Similarly, the odds ratio for the PALS checklist score was 1.5 (95% CI = 0.8-2.6). Adjusted for severity and level of expertise, the odds of recognizing sepsis was associated with an increase in the ESM checklist score of 1.8 (95% CI = 0.9-3.6) and an increase in ESM global performance score of 4.1 (95% CI = 1.7-10.0).

conclusionsAlthough incomplete, evidence from initial testing suggests that the simulations of pediatric sepsis were sufficiently valid to justify their use in training novice pediatric physicians in the assessment, recognition, and management of pediatric sepsis.

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Early DiagnosisChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantInterviews as TopicOutcome Assessment, Health CareQualitative ResearchSepsisSimulation Training

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PMID29346221
PMCPMC5799014

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