ABSTRACT
Objetivo. Evaluar el desempeno logrado por médicos residentes en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de un caso simulado de anafilaxia luego de 6 meses de haber recibido capacitación con técnicas de simulación. Material y método. Un grupo de residentes de Pediatría fueron capacitados a través de técnicas de simulación en diferentes emergencias pediátricas (primera etapa) y luego clasificados según su grado de desempeno en 3 subgrupos. Se seleccionaron, posteriormente, 4 médicos al azar de cada subgrupo para ser reevaluados luego de 6 meses (segunda etapa). Resultados. Participaron 72 médicos de la primera etapa, 56 (77,8%) resolvieron el caso correctamente. A los 6 meses, los 12 (100%) médicos evaluados trataron en forma adecuada el nuevo caso de anafilaxia. Conclusiones. La capacitación a través de técnicas de simulación permitió corregir u optimizar el tratamiento de casos simulados de anafilaxia en médicos residentes evaluados luego de 6 meses de la capacitación inicial.
Objective: To evaluate the performance of resident physicians in diagnosing and treating a case of anaphylaxis, six months after participating in simulation training exercises. Methods: Initially, a group of pediatric residents were trained using simulation techniques in the management of critical pediatric cases. Based on their performance in this exercise, participants were assigned to one of 3 groups. At six months post-training, 4 residents were randomly chosen from each group to be re-tested, using the same performance measure as previously used. Results: During the initial training session, 56 of 72 participants (78%) correctly identified and treated the case. Six months after the initial training, all 12 (100%) resident physicians who were re-tested successfully diagnosed and treated the simulated anaphylaxis case. Conclusions: The training through simulation techniques allowed correction or optimization of the treatment of simulated anaphylaxis cases in resident physicians evaluated after 6 months of the initial training.