Page 11 CDU Newsletter October 2024
CDU Hosts Dynamic IPE Simulation for Medical and Nursing Students
Photos by Kevin Camargo
Charles R . Drew University of Medicine and Science hosted an Interprofessional Education ( IPE ) simulation event bringing together the College of Medicine ’ s ( COM ) second cohort of 60 medical students and 43 nursing students from the Mervyn M . Dymally College of Nursing ( MMDCON ).
“ I think this is a beautiful and collaborative partnership having students integrate and start to learn how they ’ re going to provide interprofessional care with the medical students , especially as we have incoming or beginning nursing students as well as students in the middle of their curriculum ,” said Dr . Sharon Cobb , Pre-licensure Nursing Programs Assistant Dean and Director .
During the first half of their day , the students participated in the following procedural skills simulation stations : Airway Management , BLS / First Aid , Chest Tube / Needling , Cricothyrotomy , IV Placement / Intraosseous , Splinting / Fracture Stabilization , Stop the
Bleed station , and Triage .
The students were then presented with an intensive IPE mass casualty incident followed by several IPE simulated hospital scenarios that mimicked reallife emergencies .
The events of the day required students to not only exercise their developing medical techniques but to also practice patient interactions and effective communication in high-stress situations .
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