Development of practical emergency simulation training in primary health care: Lessons learnt

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

 
 
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Title Development of practical emergency simulation training in primary health care: Lessons learnt
 
Creator Eales, Owen O. Kruger, Annelet
 
Subject Family Medicine; general practice; Primary Health Care; Education simulation training; primary health care; emergencies; drills; clinicians; in-service training; acute care.
Description Emergency care in the primary health care setting is often sub-optimal leading to physician stress and adverse patient outcomes. Formal training opportunities in the management of emergency management are limited in public-sector facilities. Two family physicians conducted emergency simulation drills at primary health care facilities to address this need. The multi-disciplinary team at these facilities were involved, and each drill was followed by reflection and feedback. The drill evolved over an 18 month period, and the simulations as well as the feedback process were reviewed and improved. Reported benefits included improved skills and confidence, teamwork and sharing of information. Staff appreciated the support and the opportunity to review emergency equipment and drugs. Recommendations based on the experience gained and the outcomes of the simulation training include that the feedback is just as important as the simulations and that clinicians need to be trained in order to facilitate simulations successfully.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor University Pretoria, Tshwane District Health Service
Date 2024-05-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Short report
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4404
 
Source African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 16, No 1 (2024); 3 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928
 
Language eng
 
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https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4404/7142 https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4404/7143 https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4404/7144 https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4404/7145
 
Coverage Africa; South Africa; Gauteng; Tshwane 2021- 2023 —
Rights Copyright (c) 2024 Owen O. Eales, Annelet Kruger https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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