Our Residency Simulation Program

Simulation is integrated throughout residency training. In addition, there is time devoted specifically to working with the simulators and task trainers during all 3 years of residency.

A few of the elements of our curriculum in which simulation is featured:

- “Day in the Life” experience for incoming interns during Foundations month
-  Protected time for simulation scenarios in adult medicine
-  ACLS, PALS, NRP, BLS, and ALSO training
-  Workshops on procedural skills (eg. suturing, joint injections, colposcopy, etc.)


                                                            

Faculty
A number of our Family Medicine faculty have completed certificate training in using simulation in medical education. Scenarios are designed, overseen and debriefed by trained faculty facilitators.          


Task Trainers
A number of trainers are available to teach learners key examination and procedural skills required of a family physician:

PROMPT Birthing Simulator
Female Pelvic Exam Trainer
Male Pelvic Exam Trainer
Rectal Exam Trainer
Joint Injection Trainers (shoulder, elbow, hand & wrist, knee, foot & ankle)
Eye and Ear Examination Trainers
ABG Wrist Trainer
Venipuncture Arm Trainer
Lumbar Puncture Trainer
Ingrown Toenail Trainer
Skin Lesion Pads (for excision of lesion, suturing, etc.)