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Description of a curriculum for learning
Flexible Bronchoscopy
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A new curriculum
    • Web-based Self-learning study guide.
    • Practical exercises, skills and tasks, competency testing.
    • Didactic lectures and shared philosophy of practice.
    • Computer-based simulations and image encyclopedia.
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Background
  • Learners acquire
    • Facts
    • Technical expertise
    • Experience
  • Learning occurs in stages
    • Slow and gradual transition from novice to expert
  • Learning is optimized through open access
    • Because Knowledge is a social capital
    • Because tools and content are readily modified
    • Because learners and teachers are partners
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A curriculum allows
  • Definition of subject matter
  • Laddered learning
  • Gradual acquisition of skills and knowledge
  • Development of specific core competencies
  • Objective measurement of knowledge
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The foundation of a 4 part curriculum
  • The Essential Bronchoscopist©
    • A web-based curriculum of bronchoscopy-related theory.
  • Bronchoscopy Step-by-Step ©
    • A collection of video exercises to learn bronchoscopy technique.
    • Bronchoscopy Assessment Tools
      • A collection of testing instruments that highlight how bronchoscopists can improve technical skills.
  • The Art of Bronchoscopy ©
    • A PowerPoint collection of lectures pertaining to technique and philosophy of practice.
  • BronchAtlas ©
    • A PowerPoint collection of airway images.
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The
Essential Bronchoscopist©
 A laddered self-learning curriculum of bronchoscopy
  • Prepared By
  • Bronchoscopy International


  • Contact us at
  •  BI@bronchoscopy.org
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The Essential Bronchoscopist© is a laddered self-learning curriculum
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The Essential Bronchoscopist©
    • Several modules each containing 30 multiple choice Question-Answer sets
    • Web-based and Free
    • Interactive and multilingual
    • Laddered learning
    • Case based
    • A foundation for discussion among students, colleagues, teachers, and mentors
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Objectives of the EB©
  • To complement traditional learning.
  • To stimulate discussions among teachers, senior and junior doctors, and other health care workers.
  • To facilitate learning in different cultural and institutional environments.
  • To inform nonmedical bronchoscopy professionals and the general public
  • To cross ALL disciplines
    • Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Otolaryngology, Surgery, and Anesthesia
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The EB © contains
  • Basic Essential information all bronchoscopists should be aware of regardless of specialty and practice.
    • Anatomy
    • Bronchoscopic abnormalities
    • Instrumentation and equipment
    • Cleaning and sterilization
    • Safety
  • Descriptions of common practical problems
    • Difficult airway management
    • Bleeding
    • Intubation
    • Biopsy and other techniques
    • Indications and contraindications
    • Anesthesia and risk management
    • Examples of diagnostic and therapeutic applications


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EB Home Page
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Flexible Bronchoscopy
 Step by Step©
 
Video exercises to learn bronchoscopy skills
  • Prepared By
  • Bronchoscopy International


  • Contact us at
  • BI@bronchoscopy.org


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Main Objectives
  • To learn bronchoscopic techniques using an  approach similar to learning to dance, play tennis or play a musical instrument.
    • To develop “muscle memory”
    • To develop a “systematic approach” to bronchoscopic inspection.
  • To learn how to handle the flexible bronchoscope and to accurately identify and enter lobar and segmental bronchial segments with ease.


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Bronchoscopy exercises
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Step 8b: Right lower lobe basal pyramid
(D’Artagnan and the three musketeers)
  • From the carina advance the scope to the RLL bronchus entrance and then enter the medial-basal segment, pull back and then examine the other three segments of the basal pyramid.
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Rationale for using
 Bronchoscopy Assessment Tools
  • Until now, evaluation of bronchoscopic skill has
  • been subjective.


  • Objective evaluation is similar to measuring a person’s ability to drive and park an automobile:


      • Posture and hand position
      • Ability to maneuver the bronchoscope in the airways
      • Ability to accurately identify tracheobronchial anatomy
      • Ability to enter all bronchial segments
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Bronchoscopy Skills and Tasks Assessment Tools
Bronchoscopy Stepwise Evaluation Tool
Bronchoscopy Self Assessment Tool
  • These tools may be used by instructors to evaluate skill level and ability to maneuver the flexible bronchoscope
    • In patients
    • In models
    • In simulators


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Bronchoscopy Skills and Tasks Assessment Tool
(BSTAT)
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Bronchoscopy Skills and Tasks Assessment Tool (questions 1-4)
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Bronchoscopy Stepwise
Evaluation Tool
(BSET)
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Bronchoscopy Global Rating Scale
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Bronchoscopy Exercises Rating Scale
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Bronchoscopy Self Assessment Tool
(BSAT)
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Bronchoscopy Self Assessment Tool (BSAT)
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The Art of Bronchoscopy ©
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The Art of Bronchoscopy ©
  • The Art of Bronchoscopy © is
  • A philosophy
    • Shared practice and honest dialogue
    • A movement towards oneness
    • A book (Work in progress)
  • A collection of slide presentations to help
    • Gain factual knowledge about
      • Bronchoscopy technique
      • Patient safety
      • Equipment and instrumentation
    • Gain experiential knowledge about
      • Managing complications
      • Making diagnoses in difficult situations
      • Communicating with patients and colleagues



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Manipulating the control section
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These small black dots signify that
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BronchAtlas©
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BronchAtlas©
  • BronchAtlas© is a two-part interactive learning program that includes:


  • A series of presentations designed to help readers
    • Learn airway anatomy
    • Describe airway lesions
    • Diagnose airway abnormalities
    • Communicate effectively


  • A web-based encyclopedia of bronchoscopic images submitted by clinicians from around the world.
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BronchAtlas©
PowerPoint
  • Each presentation has a different subject
  • Some presentations contain videos to help
    • Identify the extent and type of airway abnormality
    • Differentiate fixed from dynamic processes
  • Some presentations contain radiographic images
    • To help correlate the airway finding with clinical history
  • Some presentations include multiple choice questions to reinforce learning
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The Larynx
  • Superior surface anatomy:


  • Major Landmarks - VI
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BronchAtlas©
Interactive Encyclopedia
  • The interactive web-based encyclopedia of bronchoscopic images of BronchAtlas© is currently under construction.
  • The encyclopedia can be used to view, download, and contribute bronchoscopic images for free worldwide access
    • Includes brief clinical history
    • Description of abnormality
    • Multiple search terms
    • Cross references
    • Contributor acknowledged with each image


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Example of projected format
 BronchAtlas© Interactive Encyclopedia
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All efforts are made by Bronchoscopy International to maintain currency of online information. All published multimedia slide shows, streaming videos, and essays can be cited for reference as:
  • Bronchoscopy International:, an Electronic On-Line Multimedia Presentations. http://www.Bronchoscopy.org/htm. Published 2005 (Please add “Date Accessed”).