Does Simulation Enhance Closed-Loop Communication in the Clinical Setting of a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit?

Closed-Loop Communication (CLC) is a proposed, taught and practiced Crisis Resource Management (CRM) strategy thought to be effective for enhancing patient safety by enforcing reiteration and clarity, thus reducing ambiguity during verbal communication among health care providers. The transfer of this CRM strategy into clinical practice seems to require recurring exposure. Teaching and training is needed to help health care providers develop routine in communicating. This training is most effective if practiced in the clinical setting that is familiar to the health care provider (in situ simulation). As trainees become more proficient, the ultimate goal is to integrate Closed-Loop Communication into daily habits of verbal interaction in every health care setting. One way to practice the utilization of Closed-Loop Communication is simulation. The investigators seek to investigate if simulation participants can incorporate CRM strategies such as Closed-Loop Communication into their communication repertoire. This shall serve as an example of attitude transfer following a simulation based learning experience.The primary study objective is to measure the success of simulation training for increasing Closed-Loop Communication as a behavioural change in the clinical setting.