• Lindly Theroux, Mardi Steere, Eric Katz, Rebekah Jewell, and Alison Gardner.
• From the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
• Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022 Mar 1; 38 (3): e1097e1103e1097-e1103.

BackgroundA pediatric emergency medicine and critical care fellowship was recently developed in Kenya through the University of Nairobi/Kenyatta National Hospital and AIC Kijabe Hospital. As part of this training, a week-long trauma and emergency medicine course was developed with emphasis on trauma and emergency medicine procedures. Given limited resources, we developed a course with simulation of procedures centered around utilization of a goat cadaver.ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to describe fellow and faculty experiences and perspectives when using a goat cadaver to teach emergency medicine procedures by simulation in Kijabe, Kenya.MethodsA 5-day course was given to 2 fellows with a variety of didactics and simulations after which fellows completed a questionnaire to rate their satisfaction with the content and teaching effectiveness.ResultsThe course was rated very highly, with an average content satisfaction score of 4.5 5 and average teaching effectiveness score of 4.4 of 5. Qualitative faculty feedback was positive, with specific learnings allowing ongoing adaptation of this model.ConclusionsA goat cadaver is a cost-effective resource not often considered that can be adequately used to teach several emergency medicine skills by simulation.Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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