On February 17, the Department of Anesthesia hosted the Fourth Annual Pediatric Anesthesia Winter Bootcamp for fellowship trainees at NC Children’s Hospital. This event was created to facilitate the transition from trainee to faculty by providing the learners the opportunity to experience independent practice.
The cases simulated in this training reflect actual situations encountered by the faculty in the own first month of independent practice. The scenarios take place in various settings around UNC Children’s Hospital including the sedation suite. Learners are asked to interact with the team and simulation mannequins as if these cases were actual children. Following each case, learners participate in a debrief to discuss not only the medical management but also their own crisis resource management.
Drs Sarah Hall, Seth Hanley, and Kevin Powell from the UNC fellowship program joined by Drs Rebecca School (Duke Fellow), Chelsea Willie (Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia Fellow), and Agathe Streiff (starting fellowship at Boston Children’s next year). This workshop is organized by UNC Anesthesia’s Dr Kim Blasius and Dr Hemanth Baboolal. The team was joined by Dr John Eck from Duke and Dr Harshad Gurnaney from the Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia and Dr Matt McDaniel from UNC.
Other interprofessional faculty and confederates for the workshop included UNC PICU Director Dr Benny Joyner, Nurse Manager for Children’s Short Stay Unit & Pediatric Specialty Care Team Dr Ashley Kellish, Pediatric Pain & Sedation Nurse Ms Michelle Kimmel, Simulationists Mr Woongsun Au, Simulationists Ms Gayatri Rathod and Pediatric Department Director of Simulation Mr Gene Hobbs. Huge thank you also to Ms Shannon Wolfgang, UNC Fellowship Coordinator, for her tireless efforts pulling the logistics together for this event.