CoronavirusIsrael
By Sharon Gelbach
YERUSHALAYIM -
A multi-user ventilator.
When COVID-19 first erupted in March 2020, health authorities warned that a surfeit in severely ill coronavirus patients would overwhelm the system, due in large part to a lack of ventilation machines – the standard care for coronavirus patients whose condition deteriorated to pneumonia. In the ensuing months, Prof. Eyal Leshem, Sheba Medical Center’s director of the Center for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases, explained that in addition to the shortage of ventilators, one of the most pressing issues was the lack of highly trained ICU staff to monitor patients attached to those devices.
Successful physicians are not only strong diagnosticians and skillful when it comes to offering solutions to their patients’ ailments and illnesses, but they are also exceptional communicators.
This month’s faculty spotlight is on Dr. Anna Cyrus-Murden, the deputy chair and assistant professor of the School of Medicine’s Department of Clinical Skills. She is also the director of the Simulation Center. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Cyrus-Murden has been responsible for organizing and implementing online clinical skills solutions for all terms.
She discussed with
SGU News the importance of medical students learning to be proficient in clinical skills, so they are aptly prepared for their clinical rotations.