Comments for Innovate! Educate! http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter Just another Journals2.utoledo.edu Blogs weblog Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on Welcome I-Space! by Pamela Boyers http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/2011/08/24/welcome-i-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1673 Pamela Boyers Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:56:36 +0000 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/?p=32#comment-1673 It was our pleasure! We are looking forward to working with you and your residents in our IISC! Thank you so much for your enthusiastic reception of the Center. It was our pleasure! We are looking forward to working with you and your residents in our IISC! Thank you so much for your enthusiastic reception of the Center.

]]> Comment on Welcome I-Space! by Chris Zona http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/2011/08/24/welcome-i-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1664 Chris Zona Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:40:08 +0000 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/?p=32#comment-1664 Thanks for the tour. It was very informative. We will be moving forward with curriculum utilizing this in the near future. Thanks for the tour. It was very informative. We will be moving forward with curriculum utilizing this in the near future.

]]> Comment on Interprofessional COPD Simulation by Nelson134 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/2011/04/22/interprofessional-copd-simulation/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Nelson134 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:10:11 +0000 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/?p=17#comment-558 The IISC helped support a trip of a different kind on March 29. Through the hard work of two UT Clinical Nurse Leader students ( Marissa Phillips and Jennings Smith ) an interdisciplinary training session “trip” was completed that took participants from nursing, medical student, physician assistant, pharmacy, and physical therapy through an interactive learning roadmap of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The IISC helped support a trip of a different kind on March 29. Through the hard work of two UT Clinical Nurse Leader students ( Marissa Phillips and Jennings Smith ) an interdisciplinary training session “trip” was completed that took participants from nursing, medical student, physician assistant, pharmacy, and physical therapy through an interactive learning roadmap of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

]]> Comment on The real benefits of our Simulation Center by Thomas Kooning http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/2011/04/06/the-real-benefits-of-our-simulation-center/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Thomas Kooning Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:14:35 +0000 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/?p=4#comment-387 Really incredible. Normally I follow how technology changes simulating the doctor, and in the case of hypertension we now have do it yourself blood monitors of all sorts. This is from the other side of the fence where we have simulators which pretend to be patients. The way we learn is changing rapidly and this example was a real mind opener for me. I wish you the best of success. Tom Really incredible. Normally I follow how technology changes simulating the doctor, and in the case of hypertension we now have do it yourself blood monitors of all sorts. This is from the other side of the fence where we have simulators which pretend to be patients.
The way we learn is changing rapidly and this example was a real mind opener for me.
I wish you the best of success.
Tom

]]> Comment on Interprofessional COPD Simulation by Pam Boyers http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/2011/04/22/interprofessional-copd-simulation/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Pam Boyers Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:53:48 +0000 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/?p=17#comment-19 Karen- thank you for responding and for offering important insights regarding your experiences as a professional and as a patient. I am confident that our staff in the IISC will incorporate your concerns into the training of out health professionals in the COPD scenarios. Your comment points out a learning need for heightened sensitivity about perfumes, body lotions and flowers and their impact on the overall health of the person with COPD. Thank you again Karen- thank you for responding and for offering important insights regarding your experiences as a professional and as a patient. I am confident that our staff in the IISC will incorporate your concerns into the training of out health professionals in the COPD scenarios. Your comment points out a learning need for heightened sensitivity about perfumes, body lotions and flowers and their impact on the overall health of the person with COPD. Thank you again

]]> Comment on Interprofessional COPD Simulation by Karen http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/2011/04/22/interprofessional-copd-simulation/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Karen Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:31:49 +0000 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/?p=17#comment-13 I am a R.N., female, 54 y/o. I had to go on disability due to my severe COPD. I did continue working for a while after I had to start using O2. It just got too hard carrying the tank around on my back. I just want to say I have been dearly disgusted with medical professionals, including M.D’s and nurses. When they walk in your room covered in perfumes and body lotions can be devastating to some one with COPD. The only way I can describe it, is like taking a vacuum cleaner and sucking my breath out. The same goes with having a roommate with lotions and such or visitors. Another big culprit it flowers. So I hope people really think about. I was hospitalized with an exacerbation and almost had another due too the above. I know when I was in nursing school if some one had any cologne on they were sent home. I just wish people would use critical thinking just a little better. I am a R.N., female, 54 y/o. I had to go on disability due to my severe COPD. I did continue working for a while after I had to start using O2. It just got too hard carrying the tank around on my back. I just want to say I have been dearly disgusted with medical professionals, including M.D’s and nurses. When they walk in your room covered in perfumes and body lotions can be devastating to some one with COPD. The only way I can describe it, is like taking a vacuum cleaner and sucking my breath out. The same goes with having a roommate with lotions and such or visitors. Another big culprit it flowers. So I hope people really think about. I was hospitalized with an exacerbation and almost had another due too the above. I know when I was in nursing school if some one had any cologne on they were sent home. I just wish people would use critical thinking just a little better.

]]> Comment on Interprofessional COPD Simulation by Cynthia Williams http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/2011/04/22/interprofessional-copd-simulation/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Cynthia Williams Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:00:27 +0000 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/?p=17#comment-11 Hello all! I was one of the students who participated in the simulation event and I would like to share some of the experience from the student perspective. Mr. Stobbe did a great job of explaining how the event was set up and the tools they used were just incredible. Now I had learned all about COPD in my pharmacy coursework but until you see such a detailed view of a diseased lung set right next to a normal lung you do not really appreciate the extent of damage that has occurred in patients with this disease! You could see very clearly all the anatomic changes that take place: changes in the shape of the lung, an increase in dead space, everything! The 3-D Avatar-style fly-through of the respiratory system in both a normal patient and a patient with COPD was also very informative. You could clearly see all the changes in tissue and the obstruction these patients experience. The interprofessional simulation was certainly my favorite part though. We were divided into two interdisciplinary teams that worked together to run a simulation where we treated a "patient." Most of us had never met prior to this simulation and some had never really interacted with students of the other disciplines represented so we were able to take some time to acquaint ourselves and learn each other’s roles and scopes of practice. Then we threw ourselves into the simulation scenario! Our patient presented with your classic symptom of shortness of breath, he had a history of congestive heart failure, he was hypoxemic, and soon after we assessed him he began to deteriorate. If you have never run a simulation before, you may not understand, but this became a very tense and stressful situation very quickly. Our patient was dying and we were essentially walking out of the classroom and now trying to successfully treat a “real” person in a “real” setting. That’s a lot of pressure! Now, as a pharmacy student it is naturally my job to handle the pharmacotherapy, make recommendations, etc. I perform pretty well in school and I like to think that I know my stuff when it comes to COPD meds considering there are not a ton of them, but when you are thrown into a situation like this you quickly forget even the most simple things at times and at other times you surprise yourself with the stuff you actually do know. Eventually, our patient's condition did deteriorate so much that he died. In running the simulation, I realized that I only have one year of coursework left and then I will be out in hospitals and clinics on rotations actually caring for patients who have more complex problems and require much more attention. However, when they die, they do not have a ‘reboot’ button. I saw, right then, the value of running interprofessional simulations and learning to work together as a team and I fully intend to continue to participate in these simulations so when I go on rotations I will be able to function effectively and efficiently on a team. Had my team been able to communicate better we would have probably been much more successful in treating that ‘patient.’ If you have not yet had the opportunity to check out all that the IISC has to offer, do not waste any more time and head to the basement of the Collier Building. The simulators they offer without a doubt will make our students better healthcare practitioners and greatly improve our ability to bring about positive outcomes for our patients through our ability to work together. Hello all!
I was one of the students who participated in the simulation event and I would like to share some of the experience from the student perspective. Mr. Stobbe did a great job of explaining how the event was set up and the tools they used were just incredible. Now I had learned all about COPD in my pharmacy coursework but until you see such a detailed view of a diseased lung set right next to a normal lung you do not really appreciate the extent of damage that has occurred in patients with this disease! You could see very clearly all the anatomic changes that take place: changes in the shape of the lung, an increase in dead space, everything! The 3-D Avatar-style fly-through of the respiratory system in both a normal patient and a patient with COPD was also very informative. You could clearly see all the changes in tissue and the obstruction these patients experience.
The interprofessional simulation was certainly my favorite part though. We were divided into two interdisciplinary teams that worked together to run a simulation where we treated a “patient.” Most of us had never met prior to this simulation and some had never really interacted with students of the other disciplines represented so we were able to take some time to acquaint ourselves and learn each other’s roles and scopes of practice. Then we threw ourselves into the simulation scenario! Our patient presented with your classic symptom of shortness of breath, he had a history of congestive heart failure, he was hypoxemic, and soon after we assessed him he began to deteriorate. If you have never run a simulation before, you may not understand, but this became a very tense and stressful situation very quickly. Our patient was dying and we were essentially walking out of the classroom and now trying to successfully treat a “real” person in a “real” setting. That’s a lot of pressure!
Now, as a pharmacy student it is naturally my job to handle the pharmacotherapy, make recommendations, etc. I perform pretty well in school and I like to think that I know my stuff when it comes to COPD meds considering there are not a ton of them, but when you are thrown into a situation like this you quickly forget even the most simple things at times and at other times you surprise yourself with the stuff you actually do know. Eventually, our patient’s condition did deteriorate so much that he died. In running the simulation, I realized that I only have one year of coursework left and then I will be out in hospitals and clinics on rotations actually caring for patients who have more complex problems and require much more attention.

However, when they die, they do not have a ‘reboot’ button.

I saw, right then, the value of running interprofessional simulations and learning to work together as a team and I fully intend to continue to participate in these simulations so when I go on rotations I will be able to function effectively and efficiently on a team. Had my team been able to communicate better we would have probably been much more successful in treating that ‘patient.’ If you have not yet had the opportunity to check out all that the IISC has to offer, do not waste any more time and head to the basement of the Collier Building. The simulators they offer without a doubt will make our students better healthcare practitioners and greatly improve our ability to bring about positive outcomes for our patients through our ability to work together.

]]> Comment on The real benefits of our Simulation Center by Pamela Boyers http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/2011/04/06/the-real-benefits-of-our-simulation-center/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Pamela Boyers Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:16:50 +0000 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/?p=4#comment-10 We are glad you saw the IISC. It is still evolving and our students are helping lead the way as they develop new ways of learning - they are especially active helping us develop the 3-D CAD Wall and have created some especially innovative ways for learning anatomy. We are glad you saw the IISC. It is still evolving and our students are helping lead the way as they develop new ways of learning – they are especially active helping us develop the 3-D CAD Wall and have created some especially innovative ways for learning anatomy.

]]> Comment on The real benefits of our Simulation Center by Pamela Boyers http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/2011/04/06/the-real-benefits-of-our-simulation-center/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Pamela Boyers Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:14:15 +0000 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/?p=4#comment-9 You are right - the nursing simulation program is excellent. we hope to blog soon about the nursing and the interprofessional team activities that are occurring in the Simulation Center. These involve pharmacy, the physician's assistant program and other disciplines. You are right – the nursing simulation program is excellent. we hope to blog soon about the nursing and the interprofessional team activities that are occurring in the Simulation Center. These involve pharmacy, the physician’s assistant program and other disciplines.

]]> Comment on The real benefits of our Simulation Center by Pamela Boyers http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/2011/04/06/the-real-benefits-of-our-simulation-center/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Pamela Boyers Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:11:22 +0000 http://journals.utoledo.edu/simcenter/?p=4#comment-8 First, thank you very much for your comments and for being one of the standardized patients who work collaboratively between the IISC and the Ruth M. Hillebrand Clinical Skills Center. Without you and your colleagues we would indeed not have the human element that is so critical as we prepare out students to become compassionate, communicative and caring healthcare professionals. We also - absolutely agree with your philosophy - that this hybrid approach offers a great educational model. Nothing surpasses real human interaction! First, thank you very much for your comments and for being one of the standardized patients who work collaboratively between the IISC and the Ruth M. Hillebrand Clinical Skills Center. Without you and your colleagues we would indeed not have the human element that is so critical as we prepare out students to become compassionate, communicative and caring healthcare professionals. We also – absolutely agree with your philosophy – that this hybrid approach offers a great educational model. Nothing surpasses real human interaction!

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