Impact of teaching simulation based crisis resource management (CRM) A prospective randomized pilot study among pediatric residents

Around 27% of medical errors occur due to communication errors in medical field. Simulation based training allows users at all levels, from novice to expert, to practice and develop skills with their knowledge, and provides a safe, supportive educational environment where mistakes carry no penalties or fear of harm to patients or learners. Crisis resource management, in simple terms are non-technical skills needed for effective teamwork in crisis, ability to translate medical knowledge to real world actions and predicting what all things could happen in immediate future in the setting of an emergency.

Though there are multiple studies looking into effects of teaching crisis resource management skills in medical field, there is a paucity of literature in India. Also there are very few studies examining the retention ability of these skills in healthcare professional. Hence, we would like to conduct this first of its kind experimental study in the country. to determine if including crisis resource management principles during training followed by reflective debriefing would better prepare pediatric residents in managing various crisis situation.