Format: 5.5 hours

Venue: Hospital Operating Room (In-situ)
Frequency: 6 times per year

Participants: Native Otolaryngology surgical team: 1 Pediatric Fellow, 2 Residents, 1 Anesthesia Fellow, 1 Anesthesia Resident, Operating Room RNs, Operating Room Technicians.

Expertise Level: Intermediate

Course Leaders: Mark Volk, MD, Bistra Vlassakova, MD, Andres Navedo, MD,  Lisa Petras, RN, Leigh Graham, RN

Highlights/Objectives:

• This multidisciplinary team is confronted with time sensitive clinical crises that challenge their decision making and organizational skills.

• Utilizing multiple formats including games, lectures, videos, clinical simulations and post simulation debriefings the course provides an experiential learning environment for acquisition of CRM skills and gaining experience in managing low frequency, high acuity clinical events.

• By employing native personnel working within an actual Children’s Hospital operating room setting, the course  contributes significantly to the realism of both the simulated scenarios and the post scenario debriefings.