Interdisciplinary Research Award
Applicant(s): Tania Ahluwalia, MD, Serkan Toy, PhD, Camilo E. Guitierrez, MD, Katherine Douglass, MD
Objectives:
- To improve Indian postgraduate Emergency Medicine (EM) trainees’ awareness, self-efficacy, knowledge, and skills in pediatric patient care with the use if a simulation-based curriculum
- To build and advance teaching faculty capacity through a webinar series on effective teaching strategies using simulation.
Project Summary:
The Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine (RRIEM) at the George Washington University (GWU) has been working in collaboration with in-country partners in India to conduct 3-year post-graduate Emergency Medicine (EM) education and training programs for more than 10 years. The objective of this project is to improve EM trainees’ awareness, self-efficacy, knowledge, and skills in pediatric patient care with the use of a simulation-based curriculum. Additionally, we aim to improve faculty development through a webinar series focusing on effective teaching strategies using simulation.
