Simulation in Acute Neurology

Simulation in Acute Neurology is a  reference on the execution of a simulation-based educational program in  the management of acute neurologic emergencies. Simulation in Acute  Neurology has practical value because it contains detailed descriptions  of our simulation scenarios. The foundation of this book is our  experience with neurosimulation?and it has been a very good one.

Part I provides an overview of the  principles of simulation in medicine and examines the many unique  opportunities simulation provides as an educational tool. Barriers to  simulating neurologic emergencies are also discussed. Simulation allows a  physician-in-training to be observed directly as he or she evaluates  and manages acute neurologic disease.

Part II is the core of the book. Fifteen  acute neurologic emergencies, including complex neuroethical  quandaries, are presented in detail, step by step, decision by decision,  error after error. Each chapter in this section starts with an  explanation of the essence of the discussed neuroemergency (THE PROBLEM  BEFORE US), followed by a description of the scenario itself (THE  PRESENTING CLINICAL PROBLEM), how scenarios can be adjusted to different  types of learners (ADAPTING THE SCENARIO), and ends with a discussion  of topics for feedback, which are generally focused around errors and  pitfalls (DEBRIEFING). To show the flow of scenarios, we created two  additional main headings: (THE IDEAL LEARNER) and (THE NOT-SO IDEAL  LEARNER).