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Research Grants

EAM Grant "Simulation and Team Training" $214,000, PI Christine Park, MD, 2006-2008

Augusta Webster Grant for Educational Innovation, "Training and assessing novice anesthesiology resident competencies using a simulation-based curriculum." PI Christine Park, MD (funding amt TBD)

Adler, M, McGaghie, WC, Siddall, VJ, Yarnold, P.  Development and Validation of a Simulator-Based Pediatric Emergency Medicine Curriculum for Emergency Care Providers.  $583,509.00  Funded by US Department of Health and Human Services 3/1/05-2/29/08.

Randel, G, McGaghie, WC, Siddall, VJ., Effectiveness of a Difficult Airway Program Using the Intranet and High Fidelity Human Patient Simulation for Departmental Training.  $100,000.00 Funded by American Society of Anesthesiology FAER Grant 2005-2007.

Wayne, D.B, Butter, J., Siddall, V.J., A randomized trial of simulation-based training of medical residents for hospital codes.  $120,000.00.  Funded by State of Illinois Department of Public Aid and Northwestern Memorial Hospital through the Excellence in Academic Medicine Program  EAM #185 grant 2004-2005.

 

Excellence in Academic Medicine Illinois $150,000, for the Anesthesia Safety Simulator Center. May 2005

Excellence in Academic Medicine Illinois: $150,000, for the Anesthesia Safety Simulator Center,  June, 2004

Scavone, B, Sproviero, M., McCarthy, R., Siddall, V.  Assess resident ability to correctly perform a general anesthetic for emergency cesarean section.  $12,500.00.  Funded by Woman’s Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.  2003.

Excellence in Academic Medicine Illinois: $350,000, for the Anesthesia Safety Simulator Center,  March, 2001

Abstracts

ASSESSMENT OF NOVICE ANESTHESIA RESIDENT COMPETENCIES USING HIGH-FIDELITY PATIENT SIMULATION, to be presented at the 8th International Meeting of Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, January, 2008.  Authors: Rochlen, Lauryn R, MD, Park, Christine, MD, Templin, Rozanna MS, Wade, Leonard MD, McCarthy, Robert PhD.

Scavone BM, Sproviero MT, Siddall VJ, Wade L, McCarthy RJ: Reliability and Validity of a Scoring System Used to Measure Resident Performance during an Obstetric Anesthetic Scenario on a Human Patient Simulator. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Palm Desert, CA, May 2005 and the American Society of Anesthesiology Meeting, Atlanta, October 2005.

Siddall, VJ, Wayne, DB, McGaghie, WC, et al.  A Prospective Randomized Control Trail Focused on Simulated ACLS Support Training for Internal Medicine Residents.  IMMS, Miami, Fl. 2005.

Goodrow, M,  Siddall VJ .  Combining standardized patients and patient simulators in integrated teaching session.  Association of Standardized Patients, Chicago, Il 2005.

Gould, R.W, Wade, L., Siddall, V.J.  HPS as a venue to teach novice anesthesiology residents intraoperative hemorrhagic shock management.  IMMS, Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2004.

Wade, L.D., Gould, R.W., Siddall, VJ., Wayne, D.,  Drug dosage errors discovered during advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) scenarios utilizing a human patient simulator.  IMMS Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2004.

Sproviero MT, Scavone BM, Siddall VJ, Wade L: Development of a Unified Assessment Tool for Measuring Resident Performance During an Obstetric Anesthetic Scenario on a High Fidelity Human Patient Simulator. Presented at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Fort Meyers, FL, May 2004, the Society for Education in Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Harrisburg, PA, 2004 and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, October 2004.

Siddall, V.J., Gould, R.W., Sullivan, J.T., The combination of a human patient simulator and traditional lectures results in a “quick think” model for anesthesiology resident education.  IMMS, Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico. 2004. 


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Manuscripts

Wayne DB, Butter J, Siddall VJ, Fudala M, Lindquist L, Feinglass J, Wade LD, McGaghie WC.  Simulation-based Training of Internal Medicine Residents in Advanced Cardiac Life Support Protocols: A Randomized Trial.  Teaching and Learning in Medicine.  2005; 17(3):210-216.

Wayne DB, Fudala M, Butter J, Siddall VJ, Wade LD, Feinglass J, McGaghie WC. Comparison of two Standard Setting Methods for Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training.  Academic Medicine. 2005;80(10 Suppl):S63-6.

Wayne DB, Butter J, Fudala M, Siddall VJ, Wade LD, Feinglass J, McGaghie WC. Mastery  Learning of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Skills by Internal Medicine Residents Using Simulation Technology and Deliberate Practice.  Journal of General Internal Medicine 2006; 21: in press

Wayne DB, Butter J, Fudala M, Siddall VJ, Wade LD, Feinglass J, McGaghie WC. Self      assessment and performance of Advanced Cardiac Life Support Techniques by Graduating Internal Medicine Residents.  In Press, Medical Teacher

Scavone, BM, Sproviero, MT., Wong, CA., Sullivan, JT, Siddall, VJ, Wade, LD, McCarthy, RJ.  An Objective Scoring System for Measurement of Reasident Performance During an Obstetric Anesthetic Scenario on the Human Patient Simulator.  In Press, Anesthesiology.

Book Chapters

Siddall, V. J. (2004).  Simulation in respiratory care.  Loyd, G.E., Lake, C.L., & Greenberg, R. B. (Eds.) Practical health  care simulations.  Philadelphia, PA; Elsevier Mosby.

Awards/Honors

American College of Chest Physicians award: "Advanced Clinical Care Pedagogics Facilitating Teaching with Simulation Learning", CHEST 2005 Meeting, Montreal, Canada

First Place: Wade LD, Dewolf A,  Gould RW. Simulating One Lung Ventilation: Making a Double Lumen Endobronchial Tube Work with the METI HPS-010 Adult Mannequin International Meeting of Medical Simulation, Miami, FL,  2005 

Research in Education Award: Sproviero MT, Scavone BM, Siddall VJ, Wade L: Development of a Unified Assessment Tool for Measuring Resident Performance During an Obstetric Anesthetic Scenario on a High Fidelity Human Patient Simulator. at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesiology and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Fort Meyers, FL, 2004.

Best Abstract: Wade L, Siddall VJ, Gould RW.  A Simple Device for Insertion of a Subclavian Triple Lumen Catheter Using The METI HPS 100 Ault Mannequin International Meeting of Medical Simulation (IMMS), San Diego, CA,  2003.

In 2002 Northwestern's PatientSafety Simulator Center was featured on national television showcasing Northwestern as a leader in physician training. In 2003 the Center's faculty was awarded the "Best of Show" at the Society for Technology in Anesthesia IMMS meeting. 

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