Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice: Application to Adult Advanced Life Support

• DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11269
• Publication Date: 2022-08-23T04:00:26Z
• Authors: Erin Blanchard; David Booker; Dawn Taylor Peterson; Tekuila Carter
• Keywords: Adult; Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice; Medicine (General); Education, Medical; 4. Education; Original Publication; Cardiovascular Medicine; Advanced Cardiac Life Support; Manikins; L; Education; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; R5-920; 0302 clinical medicine; Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine; Humans; Curriculum; Simulation Training; Simulation

This curriculum includes three in-person simulation cases for Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training using the rapid cycle deliberate practice (RCDP) technique. RCDP is a model simulation-based medical education (SBME) that provides frequent feedback and opportunities to techniques until learning cemented. The intent of these was improve teamwork communication, role designation, defibrillator operation, leadership, clinical treatment cardiac emergencies.Each case provided an ACLS scenario adult patient in postanesthesia care unit setting. required high-fidelity mannequins instructors trained provide SBME through RCDP. Learners worked teams were expected perform appropriate steps per algorithm, with facilitators pausing learners providing expert throughout.Eighty-four postgraduate year 2 anesthesiology residents participated over eight course offerings. Facilitators noted improved communication among participants, as well more accurate effective use. Feedback from positive indicated they believed experience would their performance.This instruction on variant prepare health providers deliver situations necessitating ACLS. Because allows repeated iterations same skill, knowledge can be cemented muscle memory created. Given feedback, we believe framework reinforcement implementation across multiple types institutions.