Diagnosis and Management of Shock: A PBL Exercise

Abstract

Abstract Junior surgical residents and medical students are often the first to evaluate patients who present with shock. This evaluation may occur without immediate senior resident or faculty level assistance available. The urgent nature of the disease process requires both quick diagnosis and therapy to secure a positive patient outcome. This PBL session is designed to improve junior surgical resident or senior medical student develop skills in the diagnosis and treatment of various forms of shock. The PBL is a two session design with session one dedicated to a case presentation of a patient in shock. Participants are assigned learning topics to research and present during session two. The suggested questions provided include the foundation of basic science, pathophysiology, therapeutic options and monitoring option for patients in various forms of shock. The PBL sessions have been held since 2007 with 56 PGY2 residents participating and evaluating the quality of the content and teaching of the sessions. The learners rated the overall quality of content as a 4.95 (scale 1–5, 5=excellent). They rated the quality of teaching at 3.9 (scale 1–4, 4=outstanding).

Keywords

• Shock
• Pressor Agents