Blake
Nichols,
MD
Assistant Professor
Cook Children's Hospital
Dr. Nichols received his medical degree from UT Southwestern Medical School in 2012, after which he completed residency in general pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2015 and a fellowship in pediatric critical care in 2018 at UTSW. Currently, he is an attending in the pediatric ICU. He also served as Director of the PICU simulation curriculum and is involved in a multitude of projects using simulation-based medical education to improve inter-professional education among multiple levels of learners. He is studying the effects of simulation with interprofessional learners and hopes it will ultimately lead to improved patient care.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Poster Description:
Introduction: Team FIRST is an institutional program founded to address educational gaps in communication and teamwork for interprofessional learners hosted by UT Southwestern. The longitudinal curriculum comprises five modules that build upon each other to teach teamwork competencies. Module 1, Introduction to Teamwork (ITT), is an annual interprofessional event that hosts over 1000 diverse pre-clinical learners from UT Southwestern and regional institutions. ITT aims to educate learners about other professions engaged in healthcare and the criticality of…