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The Challenge to Do Better

James Quinn, MD, MS

Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(15):1353-1354.

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The Institutes of Medicine has outlined the enormity and staggering costs associated with medical errors and iatrogenic complications, with estimates in the billions of dollars.¹ Many industries have long used simulators to improve proficiency, especially where errors are catastrophic.² Simulators are emerging as fundamental tools in medical education, not only in their use to develop expertise in rare procedures or events like cricothyrotomy and pediatric resuscitation, but also to potentially reduce complications and errors in common procedures such as central catheter placement.^3-5

Simulator research in clinical medicine is relatively new, but not surprisingly, we observe better results and fewer medical errors with better training.⁶ In this issue of the Archives, Barsuk et al⁷ describe how simulator education reduces catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI). In their study, they trained a group of residents who completed a 4-hour simulator training course involving a 3-hour module on procedural technique . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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