On Shaky Ground: Learner Response and Confidence After Tabletop Earthquake Simulation

• 2016

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• Rachel Whitney; Rita Burke; Kathy Lehman-Huskamp; Gitanjli Arora; Daniel Park; Mark Cicero
PMID: 26999584DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000681

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This study explores how a tabletop earthquake simulation affects pediatric residents' confidence in managing earthquake victims. Residents from four programs took part, and their confidence was measured before, right after, and six months after the simulation. Results showed a significant boost in self-rated competence from 3% to 33%. While there was some improvement in handling head injuries and willingness to help in disasters, it wasn't statistically significant. The study concludes that tabletop simulations can effectively increase comfort with rare events like earthquakes and can be easily added to training programs for disaster response skills.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Natural Disasters

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Disaster Planning; Earthquakes; Educational Measurement; Emergency Medicine; Internship and Residency; Pediatrics; Simulation Training

Institutions: Yale School of Medicine; Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Medical University of South Carolina; University of California, Los Angeles

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