"Learning in Protected Environment"- Implementation in Continuing Medical Education

Abstract

Actual concepts in continuing medical education in acute or emergency medicine contain skill training as well as simulation training. Methods and mechanisms to reduce crisis, like human factor training, shared mental models or closed-loop communication are incorporated. It is unknown which training method is optimal for individual departments in hospitals or for the individual level of education of the healthcare provider. A concept we provide is the so called "learning in protected environment": this environment protects the course participants and our patients from negative consequences of a conventional hands-on training. Concurrently the participants benefit from our standardized course concepts. We achieve our goal of an optimal preparation for clinical practice by continuous re-evaluation of the content and educational objects. The implementation of a multimodal team training has to be adopted for each institution individually - methods for an implementation should be standardized. We suggest the use of the "Kern cycle" for a structured approach to curriculum development. On this foundation the combination of "learning in protected environment" and crisis training is optimal to achieve an improved patient safety in acute care.