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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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1/2024
vol. 21
 
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Original paper

The importance of the development of extracorporeal life support simulation centres for improving skills and knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic

Piotr Ziemak
1
,
Marek Dąbrowski
1
,
Mateusz Puślecki
2
,
Agata Dąbrowska
2
,
Marcin Ligowski
3
,
Sebastian Stefaniak
3
,
Marek Jemielity
3
,
Bartłomiej Perek
3
,
Ryszard Marciniak
1

  1. Department of Medical Education, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  2. Department of Medical Rescue, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  3. Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (1): 23-29
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2024.138522
Online publish date: 2024/03/30
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Introduction
Despite increasing implementation of sophisticated and logistically challenging techniques to support patients in life-threatening conditions in the last years, there were no devoted education centres, especially in coronavirus pandemic.

Aim
To assess the value of gaining evidence-based knowledge and improving the skills of physicians by means of simulation techniques in the safe use of extracorporeal technologies to support patients in the life-threatening conditions.

Material and methods
In 2019, the National Education Centre for Artificial Life Support and Patient Safety and the frame program of the course of “Artificial Life Support with ECMO”. was created. In years 2019-2023, we managed to organise 34 such courses for 405 physicians, which were additionally endorsed by ELSO (Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation). The physicians’ cognitive, behavioural, and technical skills were evaluated before and after the courses.

Results
The participants’ gender was well balanced (54% men and 46% women). Most of them (mainly at the age between 31–40 years) presented more than 5 years of clinical experience, predominantly in anaesthesiology and intensive care (63%). Of note, 54% of them had no experience with ECMO application. In all detailed aspects of cognitive, behavioural, and technical assessment and knowledge scores, significant improvement was observed after the course.

Conclusions
The development of a simulation-based education centre was found to be an invaluable achievement that enabled not only successful standardised training and testing of novel or previously accepted procedures, but also the upgrading of technical skills, even in the challenging COVID-19 pandemic period.

keywords:

coronavirus, COVID-19, extracorporeal life support, medical simulation, ELSO endorsed
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