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When health officials in Argentina identified a need to reduce maternal mortality in their country, they reached out to BWH experts to develop new training programs for health care workers.
Staff from the BWH Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation helped to establish an obstetrics simulation-based training program—the first of its kind in the country.
“One of our major challenges in dealing with emergency admissions of women in labor is the communication and teamwork needed for these types of emergencies,” said Guillermo Gonzalez Prieto, sub-secretary of Community Health in the Ministry of Health in Argentina, during a press conference announcing the new center last month. “That will be addressed through simulation training.”
With the implementation of this innovative program, nearly 1,080 health care providers will benefit from simulation training immediately.
“It was a real pleasure working with health care officials there and knowing that their program will benefit the entire country,” said Chuck Pozner, MD, medical director of STRATUS, who visited Argentina with educator Gloria Hicks, MEd, RN, to assist in the initiation of the program.
The partnership between BWH and the South American nation was developed over the last year and involved teams traveling back and forth between Boston and Argentina. During each visit, STRATUS staff assessed the needs of Argentinean staff and tailored a program that enhances teamwork and prepares them to educate their counterparts in managing complications that arise during delivery. The Argentinean health care providers who have been trained by STRATUS will now begin to travel throughout the country to train other health care providers.
STRATUS has established partnerships with health care providers around the world to advance the training and education of health care teams through simulation.