title: Trauma simulation in bilingual Canada: Insurmountable barrier or unexpected strength? Insights from the first bilingual S.T.A.R.T.T. course.
abstract: The Standardized Trauma and Resuscitation Team Training (S.T.A.R.T.T.) course focuses on training multidisciplinary trauma teams: surgeons/physicians, registered nurses (RNs), respiratory therapists (RTs) and, most recently, prehospital personnel. The S.T.A.R.T.T. curriculum highlights crisis management (CRM) skills: communication, teamwork, leadership, situational awareness and resource utilization. This commentary outlines the modifications made to the course curriculum in order to satisfy the learning needs of a bilingual audience. The results suggest that bilingual multidisciplinary CRM courses are feasible, are associated with high participant satisfaction and have no clear detriments.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder, Paton-Gay); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); the Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); and the Department of Surgery, Université Laval, Québec, Que. (Clement).
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gillman
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder, Paton-Gay); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); the Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); and the Department of Surgery, Université Laval, Québec, Que. (Clement).
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Widder
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder, Paton-Gay); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); the Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); and the Department of Surgery, Université Laval, Québec, Que. (Clement).
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clément
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder, Paton-Gay); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); the Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); and the Department of Surgery, Université Laval, Québec, Que. (Clement).
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Engels
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder, Paton-Gay); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); the Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); and the Department of Surgery, Université Laval, Québec, Que. (Clement).
authors.forename: John Damian
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Paton-Gay
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder, Paton-Gay); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); the Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); and the Department of Surgery, Université Laval, Québec, Que. (Clement).
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Brindley
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D019303:Multilingualism; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education*; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education*
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