Research Projects
The Pediatric Simulation Center at Children's of Alabama is involved in numerous research projects covering a variety of topics. All of our research studies are approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Current Research Projects
Improving Patient Care Through Outreach Simulation
- Assessing emergency care for Alabama’s children
Interprofessional Education
- Neurology Simulations for Residents, Fellows, and Nurses
- Nursing Vigilance Simulations
- NICKS Course (Neonatal and Infant Course for Kidney Support)
- Development and Evaluation of an Augmented Reality and Screen-based
Decision Support System for Cardiopulmonary Arrest
- Conflict Resource Management
- Mock Code Revamp
Clinical Skills Training
- Improving resident physician history and physical in challenging situations
- Newborn Emergency Training for UAB Mother Baby Unit
- Nutrition Simulations for Residents on the Their Ward Rotation
- Pulmonary Simulations focusing on Smoking Cessation for Family Members
- Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice training for Fellows and Residents
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy training for Nurses
- Primary Care Clinic Simulations for Residents
- Diabetes Compliance
- Interpreter Utilization in Neurology
- AR Procedural Training in Simulation
- An Educational Simulation on the Recognition and Care of Acute Abdominal Pain
- Using simulation to educate resident physicians about Functional Neurologic Disorder
- Communicating Difficult News: Comparing Skills Retention in Pediatric Residents Between Simulation Modalities
- Improving communication with LEP families in the Pediatric ICU through simulation
