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Dream one, do one, teach one: a mental practice script for bougie assisted cricothyrotomy

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Mental practice is an effective method for skill acquisition in medicine. We describe the integration of interview-derived sensory cues with a list of procedural steps into a cohesive script to facilitate mental practice for a High Acuity, Low-Occurrence procedure, the bougie-assisted cricothyrotomy. Data collection occurred through interviews with emergency physicians. Interview transcripts were analyzed on a coding framework based on a previously published list of procedural steps. These cues were integrated with procedural steps to create a narrative script. Eight interview transcripts were analyzed. A total of 328 cues were identified. On average, each participant identified 13.7 cues per procedure. This represents the first attempt to combine cues identified by practitioners along with procedural steps with the aim of supporting rich mental representations of a procedure. We expect that this script will be useful to physicians seeking to improve their skills in this rare procedure.

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La pratique mentale est une méthode efficace d’acquisition de compétences en médecine. Nous décrivons l’intégration d’indices sensoriels dérivés de l’entrevue avec une liste d’étapes procédurales dans un scénario cohésif pour faciliter la pratique mentale pour une procédure de haute acuité, de faible occurrence, la cricothyrotomie assistée par bougie. La collecte de données s’est faite au moyen d’entrevues avec des médecins urgentistes. Les transcriptions des entrevues ont été analysées selon un cadre de codage fondé sur une liste d’étapes procédurales déjà publiée. Ces indices ont été intégrés aux étapes procédurales pour créer un scénario narratif. Huit transcriptions d’entrevues ont été analysées. Au total, 328 indices ont été identifiés. En moyenne, chaque participant a identifié 13,7 indices par procédure. Il s’agit de la première tentative de combiner des indices identifiés par les praticiens avec des étapes procédurales dans le but de soutenir des représentations mentales riches d’une procédure. Nous nous attendons à ce que ce texte soit utile aux médecins qui cherchent à améliorer leurs compétences dans cette procédure rare.

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Special thank you to all of our interview participants for their time and expertise in contributing to this study.

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Riggs, J., McGowan, M. & Hicks, C. Dream one, do one, teach one: a mental practice script for bougie assisted cricothyrotomy. Can J Emerg Med 26, 90–93 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00630-y

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