Michael Wagner1, Ellen Heimberg, Lukas P Mileder, Alex Staffler, Annika Paulun, Ruth M Löllgen. 1. From the Division of Neonatology (M.W.), Pediatric Intensive Care and Neuropediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Pediatric Cardiology (E.H.), Pulmonology, Intensive Care Medicine, University Children's Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Division of Neonatology (L.P.M.), Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; Division of Neonatology (A.S.), Central Teaching Hospital of Bolzano/Bozen, Bozen, South Tyrol, Italy; Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine (A.P.), Asklepios Children's Hospital St. Augustin, St. Augustin, Germany; and Pediatric Emergency Department (R.M.L.), Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Simulation has acquired wide acceptance as an important component of education in health care and as a key tool to increase patient safety. This study aimed at identifying to what extent and how pediatric and neonatal simulation-based training (SBT) was being carried out in four Central European regions. METHODS: We surveyed all pediatric and neonatal health care institutions in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and South Tyrol on their current state of SBT using an online questionnaire. RESULTS: We dispatched 440 questionnaires with a 45.9% response rate. Sixty-one percent (61.4%) of institutions performed SBT (algorithm training, 87.4%; skill training, 62.2%; high-fidelity SBT, 56.8%). Training was conducted interprofessionally at 88.9% of surveyed institutions. Physicians and nurses most often received SBT once per year. Lack of financial (62.2%) and personnel (54.1%) resources were the most frequent impediments to establish SBT. CONCLUSIONS: Although delivered heterogeneously, widespread use of pediatric simulation and a considerable number of already existing SBT programs are the key findings of this survey. These data are encouraging enough to promote more effective networking in simulation-based research, education, training, and quality improvement, as we aim to ultimately increase patient safety for neonates, infants, and children.
INTRODUCTION: Simulation has acquired wide acceptance as an important component of education in health care and as a key tool to increase patient safety. This study aimed at identifying to what extent and how pediatric and neonatal simulation-based training (SBT) was being carried out in four Central European regions. METHODS: We surveyed all pediatric and neonatal health care institutions in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and South Tyrol on their current state of SBT using an online questionnaire. RESULTS: We dispatched 440 questionnaires with a 45.9% response rate. Sixty-one percent (61.4%) of institutions performed SBT (algorithm training, 87.4%; skill training, 62.2%; high-fidelity SBT, 56.8%). Training was conducted interprofessionally at 88.9% of surveyed institutions. Physicians and nurses most often received SBT once per year. Lack of financial (62.2%) and personnel (54.1%) resources were the most frequent impediments to establish SBT. CONCLUSIONS: Although delivered heterogeneously, widespread use of pediatric simulation and a considerable number of already existing SBT programs are the key findings of this survey. These data are encouraging enough to promote more effective networking in simulation-based research, education, training, and quality improvement, as we aim to ultimately increase patient safety for neonates, infants, and children.
Authors: Michael Wagner; Christina Jaki; Ruth M Löllgen; Lukas Mileder; Fabian Eibensteiner; Valentin Ritschl; Philipp Steinbauer; Maximilian Gottstein; Kamal Abulebda; Aaron Calhoun; Isabel T Gross Journal: Pediatr Crit Care Med Date: 2021-06-01 Impact factor: 3.971