Provider Needs for Distributed Simulation Education System in Total Intravenous Anesthesia and Target Controlled Infusion

Abstract

Based on the military needs for a simpler anesthetic administration system with a smaller footprint, there is a desire in all the services to use TIVA. Compared with other current (inhalational) anesthesia modes, TIVA/TCI equipment is light-weight, easily transported by a single person, and operable without external (mains) power. This makes TIVA/TCI ideally suited to both military field operations and a wide range of hospital and clinic health care organizations. This concept was strongly supported by the PLR Committee at Long Beach, CA in Jan 2009. Total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) via target controlled infusion (TCI) use is widespread outside the United States of America. However, TIVA and TCI is not yet widely used in the USA. Due to this unfamiliarity, the purpose of this project was to produce a TIVA training curriculum on an open web site. The scope of this project included selection of a minimum set of information needed, selection of a teaching philosophy and format, producing pharmaco-kinetic graphics of plasma concentrations using simulation programs, and finally, building and implementing a web site with linear and asynchronous (just-in-time) learning formats. We produced an open Web site "www.LearningTIVA.com" that enables trainees to follow either a linear learning path, a just-in-time path with clinical questions, and/or a step-by-step set of instructions to run three TIVA pharmaco-kinetic simulation programs. Following the creation of the website, the major findings based on the results from the feedback, indicated a high perceived value and benefit to clinicians learning about TIVA, using this type of learning modality. An accompanying Web Blog has been created for anonymous, safe (against hackers) feedback.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA542258

Entities

People

  • W. B. Murray

Organizations

  • Penn State College of Medicine

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anesthesia
  • Anesthesia And Analgesia
  • Anesthesiology
  • Distance Learning
  • Education
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Simulations
  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • United States
  • Websites

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