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Dr . Eunice M . Singletary is an Emergency Medicine physician in Charlottesville , Virginia , a clinical professor in the emergency medicine department at the University of Virginia , and the co-chair for the Scientific Advisory Council of the American Red Cross . In a recent interview , Dr . Singletary commented on the importance of moving to adaptive learning for resuscitation training . Adaptive learning allows for content that can be tailored to the specific needs of the learner . She believes there is an opportunity to make courses more concise and targeted to the education the care provider really needs , thereby improving learning and providing the ability to move hospital staff from the classroom to the bedside .
“ Resuscitation courses have grown in scope over the years , and there is a lot of material now that may not be relevant to me or other healthcare professionals . For example , I don ’ t need to know neuro-prognostication for someone who has been resuscitated from cardiac arrest and in an ICU for three or four days . I ’ m not going to be working in the ICU , nor am I an ICU critical care specialist . I ’ m an ER doctor who does not need a lot of this extraneous material , highlighting the fact that there is course content that may not be relevant based on the person ’ s level of training or work setting . A physician
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