Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), has increasingly been a focus of clinical attention at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. The multidisciplinary care needed by these patients has brought together surgeons, gastroenterologists, radiologists, nutritionists, and other sub-specialists to foster the creation of an IBD center focused on providing excellence in IBD patient care and promoting access to cutting-edge research and treatments. This initiative has been directed by Walter Koltun, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, and Emmanuelle Williams, M.D., assistant professor of medicine. Koltun explains, “The Penn State Hershey IBD Center has three major components that include a multidisciplinary patient care clinic where surgeons and gastroenterologists see patients together; educational and training programs for both medical professionals and patients; and, an IBD research program that includes benchtop basic science and clinical trials of new, investigative treatments.”
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IBD Center Advances Toward Official Announcement
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A Leap Forward for Simulation Training in GI Procedures
“Simulation is a technique, not a technology, to replace or amplify real experiences with guided experiences, often immersive in nature, that evoke or replicate substantial aspects of the real world in a fully safe, instructive, and interactive fashion.” 1
Matthew T. Moyer, M.D., M.S.
The limitations of standard classroom didactics and “on-the-job-training” for the initial training of residents and fellows in their procedural skills are well recognized and have helped fuel the growing emphasis on simulation training for medical students, residents, and support staff by the governing bodies of medical education such as the ACGME. For residents and fellows at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, simulation training in gastrointestinal (GI) procedures has just taken a large leap forward. A recent multimillion dollar investment in renovating simulation facilities and technology has resulted in the nationally recognized Penn State Hershey Simulation Center, now under the direction of Elizabeth Sinz, M.D., professor of anesthesiology and associate dean for simulation. New generation simulators for diagnostic and therapeutic upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, and ERCP are available and are light-years ahead of what was available just a few years ago. For fellows in the GI-hepatology training program, Matthew T. Moyer, M.D., M.S., the new director of endoscopic education, is incorporating these technologies and training techniques to increase the depth of the curriculum. Moyer explains, “Simulation is becoming important, perhaps even mandatory, in the early instruction of our residents and fellows. This process allows them to have initial exposure to certain high-risk procedures (such as ERCP), or crisis situations (such as ACLS), during simulated sessions, prior to practicing on actual patients. This gives new trainees an opportunity to achieve a certain level of comfort and technical proficiency in a safe environment with continual feedback prior to entering the busy workflow of patient care.” Continue reading
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