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Theoretically-Driven Infrastructure For Supporting Health Care Teams Training At A Military Treatment Facility, T. Robert Turner Jr., V. Andrea Parodi
Theoretically-Driven Infrastructure For Supporting Health Care Teams Training At A Military Treatment Facility, T. Robert Turner Jr., V. Andrea Parodi
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Designated a Department of Defense Team Resource Center (TRC) in 2008, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) currently hosts three tri-service health care teams training courses annually. Each consists of didactic learning coupled with simulation-based training exercises to provide an interactive educational experience for health care professionals. Simulated cases are developed to reinforce specific teamwork skills and behaviors, and to incorporate a variety of technologies including standardized patients, manikins, and virtual reality. The course is also the foundation of a research program designed to explore applications of modeling and simulation for enhanced team training in health care. The TRC has adopted …