Competency in Acute Resuscitation Through Successive Simulation (CARTSS): A mentor based, near-peer learning initiative

Abstract

The focus of this innovation is to provide students in the Queen's medicine program access to a highfrequency and high-fidelity simulation of acute resuscitation. We hope to ensure they develop the basic resuscitation skills they may be asked to perform once they begin clerkship. By providing consistent practice in high-stress situations through low-risk simulation, we hope they will be better equipped to manage acute care situations that may arise throughout their medical education. The program is maintained and expanded through successive levels of student mentorship, providing medical trainees an early introduction to the formal and informal teaching mechanisms that they will encounter during their lifelong educational career. Through a mentorship-based and high-frequency training approach, CARTSS prepares students to understand and participate in resuscitation scenarios that they may encounter in a hospital setting.