Effectiveness of a simulation-based mastery learning to train clinicians on a novel cricothyrotomy procedure at an academic medical centre during a pandemic: a quasi-experimental cohort study

Objectives To develop and evaluate a simulation-based mastery learning (SBML) curriculum for cricothyrotomy using wet towels to suppress aerosolisation during a pandemic. Design Quasi-experimental, pre–post study. Setting Tertiary care, academic medical centre in Chicago. Participants Ear, nose and throat and general surgery residents, fellows and attendings. Intervention Cricothyroidotomy simulation-based mastery learning curriculum. Outcomes...