Description
This advanced course prepares the student to respond to critical events during peri-anesthesia care. Rare occurrence events are presented in high fidelity simulated experiences in anesthesia and operating room settings. Utilization of crew resource management, positive deviance, and effective communication techniques will be stressed. The effect of critical situations on the psychological and physical wellbeing of healthcare providers will be explored. Students will be prepared to assume leadership roles in promoting quality and safe delivery of anesthesia with interprofessional collaboration. This course will solidify the advanced clinical skills as well as hone the non-technical skill of leadership, situational awareness, anticipation of the next step, clear closed loop communication, workload distribution, and resource utilization as it pertains to allocation of attention to importance tasks during anesthesia Crisis Management. The essence of this course is to ensure optimal patien