A study conducted over 10 years at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York showed that 70 percent of anesthesiologists retraining in the school's simulation program returned to active practice within one year.
Mount Sinai's simulation lab was launched in 1994 by Adam Levine, MD, to retrain and assess anesthesiologists' skills. The study, which will appear in the July issue of the Journal of Anesthesiology, focused on 20 participants from 2002 to 2012. Of the 20, 14 returned to active practice following their retraining.
The simulation program teaches management of complex perioperative medical events and emergencies, such as difficult airway management, recognition and management of ischemia and cardiac arrest.
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Mount Sinai's simulation lab was launched in 1994 by Adam Levine, MD, to retrain and assess anesthesiologists' skills. The study, which will appear in the July issue of the Journal of Anesthesiology, focused on 20 participants from 2002 to 2012. Of the 20, 14 returned to active practice following their retraining.
The simulation program teaches management of complex perioperative medical events and emergencies, such as difficult airway management, recognition and management of ischemia and cardiac arrest.
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