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Raquel Belforti DO, Internal Medicine Resident, Receives Johns Hopkins University's Housestaff GIM Research Award

Project Studied Impact of Simulation Training on Residents' Confidence Levels

Raquel Belforti DO, Resident Internal Medicine Department

The second annual L. Randol Barker Award for achievement in medical education was awarded to Dr. Raquel Belforti for her abstract "The Impact of a Simulation Training Program on the Confidence of Residents to Lead and Perform Adult Resuscitation."

The award carried a cash prize, an expenses-paid invitation to a celebratory dinner with Division of General Internal Medicine faculty and fellows and an opportunity to present her abstract at GIM Grand Rounds.

Human Patient Simulation has Integral Role in Medical Education, but Its Effect Not Established

Human Patient Simulation (HPS), because of its safe and forgiving environment for skill mastery, has become an accepted part of medical education, but the effect of HPS training on residents’ confidence has not been determined. Belforti studied 24 second-year residents who participated in four HPS sessions focused on ACLS leadership skills.

Based on pre- and post-surveys, residents' scores improved in the following areas:

• overall confidence

• performing & leading cardiac arrest team

• management of airway & equipment

• recognition & management of cardiac rhythyms.

Belforti, along with co-researchers Drs. Mihaela Stefan, Gladys Fernandez, Michael Rosenblum, Michael Rothberg and Gerard Langlois, PA plan follow-up research to objectively evaluate residents' ability to lead ACLS through videotaped analysis by an independent observer.

Johns Hopkins GIM Offers Four Housestaff Research Awards

The awards, each named for an outstanding mentor and training program director at Johns Hopkins, aim to:

• stimulate interest in academic GIM

• recognize outstanding house officers who have the potential to become leaders in GIM research.

Dr. L. Randol Barker is Professor of Medicine and former Co-Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He co-directs the Johns Hopkins Faculty Development Program in Teaching Skills and was awarded SGIM's Award for Career Achievement in Medical Education in 2001.

The other three awards are:

• The Neil R. Powe Award which recognizes research achievement in clinical epidemiology and outcomes research.

• The David M. Levine Award recognizes research achievement in behavioral medicine, health disparities, and ethics.

• The Daniel E. Ford Award recognizes research achievement in health services research and prevention.