A Simulation-Based Longitudinal Procedural Curriculum for Pediatric Residents Improves Self-Perceived Competence (Research Abstract)

Abstract

Studies have shown that both residents and program directors perceive procedural competence to be poor due to the general low volume of pediatric procedures. We developed a novel, longitudinal, simulation-based procedural curriculum to teach procedures required by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) including lumbar puncture (LP), simple laceration repair, bag mask ventilation (BMV), intubation, fracture splinting, abscess incision and drainage (I&D), foreign body removal and dislocation reduction as well as other procedures routinely performed during residency including nasogastric (NG) tube placement, nasointestinal (NI) tube bridling, and tracheostomy-and gastrostomy-tube management. We aimed to assess the change in self-perceived procedural competence as a result of this curriculum.