Rebecca Fulop, Kati Maxkenzie, and Kasey Blackburn-Jiron

The team’s innovative teaching idea, “Oh Baby!” focuses on giving students a clinical perspective on how physiology is applied at the patient level. Students will attend a simulation lab in groups of 25 once a week for six weeks. During this time, they will hone their skills in applying respiratory therapy techniques, complete blood draws, practice resuscitation methods, and use personal protective equipment and learn correct hygiene techniques. They will also participate in patient scenarios, in which they will conduct hospital visits with a pregnant patient, monitor her vital signs and treat her for various digestive, respiratory and urinary ailments. To add to their experience, actual health care providers from the hospital will supervise and support students during the scenarios. Toward the end of their rotation, students will collaborate with their health care team to deliver public written and oral medical reports to hand off care to the next medical team, the next cohort of students. The culminating event is Birth Day, when they will deliver the patient’s baby via C-section, natural delivery, and epidural.