Neonatal Simulation: Practice Makes Perfect

Simulation-based training facilitates the use of higher order thinking skills. The simulations Children’s Mercy Kansas City have developed in the NICU, Fetal Health Center and with ECMO challenge medical teams to develop cognitive, technical and behavioral skills through the use of mannequins, working medical equipment and colleagues. During scenarios, trainees must make use of their knowledge base, analyze and synthesize factors contributing to the crises and evaluate the effects of their actions. Danielle Reed, MD is here to discuss neonatal simulation and how practice makes perfect.