Noel
Qatarneh,
PA-S
MGH IHP
Noel Qatarneh is a second year graduating PA student at the Massachusetts General Hospital IHP who played a critical role in the student-run simulation lab as a student preceptor primarily focused on instructing students on point of care ultrasound training as a disgnostic and procedural tool for students and NP/PA providers.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background/Purpose:Medical simulations and training have been used to educate medical students and professionals since the early 1950s (1,2). Numerous studies on graduate level medical education have shown the benefit of using high-fidelity simulations to enhance and facilitate patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism and systems-based practice (3,4,5). There is little literature regarding student-run simulations in the setting of a graduate level medical education and its effectiveness. Thus, a pilot, student-run…