I will be teaching emergency medicine residents, nurses, and students through in situ simulations and larger low-fidelity simulations in Rwanda. We will be conducting sessions every day including physicians and nurses, so they are able to practice as if in real life. This will be done both at the main tertiary hospital in Kigali, as well as rural hospitals in Kibuye and Kibungo. The goal is to provide real time teaching and feedback to all members of the emergency medicine team.
Rwanda Emergency Medicine residents, nurses, technicians, and medical students.
We hope to improve outcomes of patient care in these hospitals by providing real life scenarios, teaching, and in situ simulations. We want participants to improve as team members, in addition to increasing medical knowledge and skill. The long term goal is to also incorporate faculty in our sessions so that they can conduct these in situ simulations on their own with our support.
We were a three person team, myself, another EM colleague, and an EM resident. We did a variety of teaching activities that focused on increasing confidence and knowledge in emergency medicine. We did multiple workshops with the nursing staff including reviewing triage and pediatric medications. We also conducted a surprise in situ simulation with the department. In addition, we taught the emergency medicine residents, including creating a low fidelity pericardiocentesis model, and reviewing multiple topics ranging from orthopaedics to endocrine. We also conducted a journal club and visited a rural district hospital to evaluate issues and needs they may have. Lastly, we gave a lecture on mass casualty management to the entire staff of the hospital including heads of departments and executives in order to create a mass casualty plan. It was an overall very productive, busy, and rewarding experience.
