Medical Simulation Center
Research Interests, Projects and Grants
 MedTeams
Completed in June 2002, MedTeams was a multi-center military and
civilian research project to study the implementation of a teamwork
curriculum in the emergency center. The most important finding
was that clinical errors were substantially and significantly
reduced with teamwork training.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
grant
(Center for Safety in Emergency Care)
The Center for Safety in Emergency Care is a research consortium
of the University of Florida, Dalhousie University, Northwestern
University, and Brown University, funded by a grant from the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality. The mission of CSEC is to
be a global center for learning about improving patient safety
and reducing preventable injuries in emergency care.
Rhode
Island Disaster Initiative (RIDI)
The fundamental goal of RIDI is to enhance Rhode Island's ability
to prepare and respond to a disaster through applied research.
Presently, this is in phase III to disseminate research results
and implement training initiatives statewide.
(The http://www.ridiproject.org website is currently unavailable.)
Brown Medical School "Innovations
in Medical Education" grant
This grant supports an enhanced advanced cardiac life support
training program for medical students, by providing a high fidelity
simulated patient model to better represent actual clinical scenarios.
Haffenreffer Foundation
The Haffenreffer Foundation has generously supported the growth
of the Simulation Center through multi-year funding to purchase
more simulation mannequins.
Transportable Simulation-Based Training
Curriculum and Validated Human Performance System
Funded by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, this program
will develop a transportable simulation-based curriculum to provide
patient safety and human factors training for resident physicians
at teaching hospitals, which care for Medicare and Medicaid patients.
By providing this training and formative assessment to physicians
they will be better prepared to successfully navigate the complex
systems in practice of medicine.
Reserve Component Medical Readiness
Program
(Department of Defense funding expected 04-05)
The limited time that National Guard and Reserve personnel have
to train individually and collectively can be maximized through
medical simulation and web-based training. This research will
address both individual and collective training needs, employing
scenarios drawn from actual cases for technical training of medical
procedures and protocols. The goal is to improve the readiness
of Guard and Reserve caregivers by emphasizing realistic and relevant
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