Education Research: High-Fidelity Simulation to Evaluate Diagnostic Reasoning Reveals Failure to Detect Viral Encephalitis in Medical Trainees

Abstract

Although initial seizure treatment was sufficient, failure to recognize HSV encephalitis was common with few trainees initiating appropriate treatment potentially leading to poor outcomes in real-life scenarios. High-fidelity simulation holds promise as an assessment tool in identifying trainee knowledge gaps and why classic clinical cases escape trainee diagnosis.