Open AccessNot Quite Child’s Play: Using Beanbags to Teach Opioid Dosing and Rotation
Author(s) -
Rebecca E. MacDonellYilmaz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-020-00947-8
Subject(s) - dosing , opioid , intervention (counseling) , medicine , rotation (mathematics) , medical education , opioid epidemic , psychology , pharmacology , computer science , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , receptor
Pain management education is lacking in medical education, especially pediatrics. Using beanbags constructed to represent commonly used opioids with areas proportional to the drugs' potencies, this hands-on approach is used in small-group sessions to introduce opioid dosing, potencies, and rotation through case-based exercises. Next steps will include analysis of impact using pre- and post-intervention surveys.