The future of simulation-based medical education: Adaptive simulation utilizing a deep multitask neural network.


Journal

AEM education and training
ISSN: 2472-5390
Titre abrégé: AEM Educ Train
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101722142

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2021
Historique:
received: 03 12 2020
revised: 19 03 2021
accepted: 16 04 2021
entrez: 5 7 2021
pubmed: 6 7 2021
medline: 6 7 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

In resuscitation medicine, effectively managing cognitive load in high-stakes environments has important implications for education and expertise development. There exists the potential to tailor educational experiences to an individual's cognitive processes via real-time physiologic measurement of cognitive load in simulation environments. The goal of this research was to test a novel simulation platform that utilized artificial intelligence to deliver a medical simulation that was adaptable to a participant's measured cognitive load. The research was conducted in 2019. Two board-certified emergency physicians and two medical students participated in a 10-minute pilot trial of a novel simulation platform. The system utilized artificial intelligence algorithms to measure cognitive load in real time via electrocardiography and galvanic skin response. In turn, modulation of simulation difficulty, determined by a participant's cognitive load, was facilitated through symptom severity changes of an augmented reality (AR) patient. A postsimulation survey assessed the participants' experience. Participants completed a simulation that successfully measured cognitive load in real time through physiological signals. The simulation difficulty was adapted to the participant's cognitive load, which was reflected in changes in the AR patient's symptoms. Participants found the novel adaptive simulation platform to be valuable in supporting their learning. Our research team created a simulation platform that adapts to a participant's cognitive load in real-time. The ability to customize a medical simulation to a participant's cognitive state has potential implications for the development of expertise in resuscitation medicine.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
In resuscitation medicine, effectively managing cognitive load in high-stakes environments has important implications for education and expertise development. There exists the potential to tailor educational experiences to an individual's cognitive processes via real-time physiologic measurement of cognitive load in simulation environments.
OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
The goal of this research was to test a novel simulation platform that utilized artificial intelligence to deliver a medical simulation that was adaptable to a participant's measured cognitive load.
METHODS METHODS
The research was conducted in 2019. Two board-certified emergency physicians and two medical students participated in a 10-minute pilot trial of a novel simulation platform. The system utilized artificial intelligence algorithms to measure cognitive load in real time via electrocardiography and galvanic skin response. In turn, modulation of simulation difficulty, determined by a participant's cognitive load, was facilitated through symptom severity changes of an augmented reality (AR) patient. A postsimulation survey assessed the participants' experience.
RESULTS RESULTS
Participants completed a simulation that successfully measured cognitive load in real time through physiological signals. The simulation difficulty was adapted to the participant's cognitive load, which was reflected in changes in the AR patient's symptoms. Participants found the novel adaptive simulation platform to be valuable in supporting their learning.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Our research team created a simulation platform that adapts to a participant's cognitive load in real-time. The ability to customize a medical simulation to a participant's cognitive state has potential implications for the development of expertise in resuscitation medicine.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34222746
doi: 10.1002/aet2.10605
pii: AET210605
pmc: PMC8155693
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e10605

Informations de copyright

© 2021 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have no potential conflicts to disclose.

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Auteurs

Aaron J Ruberto (AJ)

Kingston Health Sciences Centre Department of Emergency Medicine Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Department of Critical Care Medicine Northern Ontario School of Medicine Thunder Bay Ontario Canada.

Dirk Rodenburg (D)

Faculty of Applied Engineering and Applied Science Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.

Kyle Ross (K)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.

Pritam Sarkar (P)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.

Paul C Hungler (PC)

Department of Chemical Engineering Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.

Ali Etemad (A)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.

Daniel Howes (D)

Department of Critical Care Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Kingston Health Sciences Centre Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.

Daniel Clarke (D)

Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.

James McLellan (J)

Department of Chemical Engineering Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.

Daryl Wilson (D)

Department of Psychology Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.

Adam Szulewski (A)

Kingston Health Sciences Centre Department of Emergency Medicine Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada.

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