Projects
Emergency Medicine Residency Education – Adult Simulation

Emergency Medicine Residency Education – Pediatric Simulation

OHSU School of Medicine, Med Student Simulation:
The Introduction to Patient Simulation course is OHSU's first simulation-based elective for second year medical students. This course is designed to act as a bridge between the non-clinical and clinical years of medical school, linking patient symptoms, exam findings, and management plans to students' basic science knowledge of anatomy, pathophysiology, and pharmacology. Each of the eight hour-long sessions highlights a cardinal presentation. By linking these diagnoses to a common symptom—such as shortness of breath—students are able to compare and contrast their patient's story and physical exam findings to the patients they have seen in prior sessions. This reinforces the critical exam findings, how these are explained by the pathophysiology of their disease process, and differences in management. Through this longitudinal experience, learners begin to build 'illness scripts', problem representations that help clinicians organize their knowledge of various disease processes into framework that enhances diagnostic reasoning. Our hope is that these preclinical simulated experiences will anchor the students' basic science knowledge in 'real life' patient encounters, and encourage a learning model whereby our students will compare and contrast the presentation and management of multiple disease processes simultaneously when they reach their clerkships.