ACCP Simulation Center

The ACCP Simulation Center will enhance your learning in a hands-on, clinical environment, where you can actively practice your skills and apply your knowledge in realistic scenarios. The center will feature technologically sophisticated equipment and skilled faculty to help you develop the cognitive, technical, and behavioral skills needed for optimal patient care across a variety of situations.

Monday, November 1 – Wednesday, November 3

8:00 am – 9:30 am   Open Forum
All attendees invited.

9:30 am – 12:00 pm   Scheduled Session 1
Attendees registered for Session 1 admitted.

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm   Scheduled Session 2
Attendees registered for Session 2 admitted.

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm   Open Forum
All attendees invited. (There will be no open forum time Wednesday, November 3)

Open Forum

Visit the ACCP Simulation Center during open forum times to learn how simulation exercises can enhance your education. Faculty will be present to illustrate how simulations create realistic, relevant learning experiences and will offer hands-on time with the equipment. Open forum times are open to all CHEST 2010 attendees.

Scheduled Sessions

Register for a scheduled session to participate in an intensive learning opportunity. Due to the structured nature of these sessions, only registered attendees will be admitted to the simulation center during scheduled times. All scheduled sessions will begin with a pretest and survey to assess your knowledge, experience, and comfort level in a range of clinical situations. A variety of simulation exercises will then be conducted. Constructive feedback will be given throughout the simulation time, so you can continually monitor and improve your performance. A posttest and survey following the simulations will help you identify any strengths and needs related to your clinical skills.

Online registration and a fee are required for participation in scheduled sessions
in the ACCP Simulation Center. If you register for CHEST 2010 by mail, fax, or phone, you will also need to go online and register for a scheduled session. Space is limited, so register early.

ACCP Simulation Center Sessions

Critical Care

Use various degrees of simulation for experiential
learning in ventilator and airway management, invasive and noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring, and management of a critically ill patient. Breakouts during the course will include problem-based learning, task training, high-fidelity patient simulators, team-driven scenarios, and interactive debriefing enhanced with video recordings for reflective evaluation. Learn from a multidisciplinary faculty, including board-certified physicians, clinical pharmacists, advanced practice nurses, and respiratory therapists.

Airway Management

Every intubation in the ICU can be a difficult airway. Participate in a state-of-the-art, systematic overview and hands-on experience with the preparation, teamwork, and tools that it takes to manage common and complex airway situations.

Review the fundamental skills of intubation.

Identify exam findings associated with a difficult airway.

Experience advanced tools for airway management.

Work in teams to solve airway problems in a high-fidelity, simulated clinical environment using scenarios developed from real-life cases.

Bronchoscopy

Assess your current skills and learn new skills while working with experts in bronchoscopy. A significant portion of the course will be dedicated to learning endobronchial ultrasound and its application in real-time guidance of transbronchial needle aspiration. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in basic and advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy.

Adult Tele-ICU

Tele-ICU is a growing part of critical care practice, with 10% of adult critical care patients in the United States now being supported by off-site providers. Take advantage of this opportunity to gain experience in health-care systems that provide tele-ICU services. This course is an ideal learning experience for those without tele-ICU experience and an opportunity to improve efficiency and skills for those with tele-ICU experience.

Ultrasonography

Participate in hands-on, skill-building opportunities in the three critical components of ultrasonography. Knowledge base will be increased through lectures focusing on important uses of critical care ultrasonography. Image interpretation will be facilitated in group sessions under the supervision of a single faculty member. A large number of ultrasound images demonstrating normal and pathologic findings will be used to give you a comprehensive learning opportunity. As you gain skill, the format will become more challenging, with unknown cases to test your skills. Image acquisition will be practiced during hands-on, small-group workshops. Practice skills using high-quality ultrasound technology on live patient models, supervised by experienced faculty to guide and maximize your training.

Pulmonary Function Testing

Learn various aspects of pulmonary function testing, including interactive PFT graphics interpretation, medical coding for billing PFT studies, using PFTs to help understand patient disease state, hands-on bedside PFT testing, and and hands-on body plethysmograph PFT testing.

Sleep Medicine

Study various aspects of sleep medicine, including polysomnography studies, waveform interpretation, and therapies--including CPAP and use of bilevel pressure ventilation. The program will assess your clinical knowledge of sleep medicine through pretest and posttest questions and will help you determine your knowledge strengths and areas needing further review and study. This is a valuable educational experience for anyone seeking a review of sleep medicine.

METI Medical Educational Technology

METI (Medical Educational Technologies, Incorporated) offers a number of courses vital to learning the operation, techniques, maintenance, and troubleshooting of its simulation products, including the Emergency Care Simulator (ECS), the Human Patient Simulator (HPS), and iStan.