Continuous medical education: Using clinical algorithms to improve the quality of health care in hospitals

Use of simulation-based mastery learning

Use of simulation-based mastery learning to improve the quality of central venous catheter placement in a medical intensive care unit

✍ Jeffrey H. Barsuk; William C. McGaghie; Elaine R. Cohen; Jayshankar S. Balachand 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 195 KB

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Central venous catheter (CVC) insertions are performed frequently by internal medicine residents. Complications, including arterial puncture and pneumothorax, decrease when operators use fewer needle passes to insert the CVC. In this study, we evaluated the effect of sim