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Ankeet Deepak Udani

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, General, Vascular, High Risk Transplant & Critical Care
DUMC, PO Box 3094, Durham, NC 27710
3094, Trent Semens Center, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Publications


Defining entrustable professional activities for first year anesthesiology residents: A Delphi study.

Journal Article J Clin Anesth · September 2023 INTRODUCTION: The use of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) as a basis for assessment may bridge the gap between the theory of competency-based education and clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate EPAs for United S ... Full text Link to item Cite

A modern roadmap for the use of simulation in regional anesthesiology training.

Journal Article Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · October 1, 2022 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: A variety of educational modalities are used to teach regional anesthesia. Simulation is an educational tool that facilitates hands-on learning in a well tolerated, reproducible environment, eliminating potential harm to patients during ... Full text Link to item Cite

Milestone Learning Trajectories of Residents at Five Anesthesiology Residency Programs.

Journal Article Teach Learn Med · 2021 Construct: Every six months, residency programs report their trainees' Milestones Level achievement to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Milestones should enable the learner and training program to know an individual's compe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Medical education research methodology: accuracy and design.

Journal Article Reg Anesth Pain Med · February 13, 2019 Full text Link to item Cite

Using eye tracking technology to compare the effectiveness of malignant hyperthermia cognitive aid design.

Journal Article Korean J Anesthesiol · August 2018 BACKGROUND: Malignant hyperthermia is a rare but potentially fatal complication of anesthesia, and several different cognitive aids designed to facilitate a timely and accurate response to this crisis currently exist. Eye tracking technology can measure vo ... Full text Link to item Cite

How academic physicians can benefit from social media.

Journal Article Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed) · February 2018 Full text Link to item Cite

Preliminary Experience Using Eye-Tracking Technology to Differentiate Novice and Expert Image Interpretation for Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia.

Journal Article J Ultrasound Med · February 2018 OBJECTIVES: Objective measures are needed to guide the novice's pathway to expertise. Within and outside medicine, eye tracking has been used for both training and assessment. We designed this study to test the hypothesis that eye tracking may differentiat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perioperative enhancement for CHD patients.

Journal Article Cardiol Young · May 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

Upgrading a Social Media Strategy to Increase Twitter Engagement During the Spring Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.

Journal Article Reg Anesth Pain Med · 2017 Microblogs known as "tweets" are a rapid, effective method of information dissemination in health care. Although several medical specialties have described their Twitter conference experiences, Twitter-related data in the fields of anesthesiology and pain ... Full text Link to item Cite

Twitter-Augmented Journal Club: Educational Engagement and Experience So Far.

Journal Article A A Case Rep · April 15, 2016 Social media is a nascent medical educational technology. The benefits of Twitter include (1) easy adoption; (2) access to experts, peers, and patients across the globe; (3) 24/7 connectivity; (4) creation of virtual, education-based communities using hash ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparative-Effectiveness of Simulation-Based Deliberate Practice Versus Self-Guided Practice on Resident Anesthesiologists' Acquisition of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Skills.

Journal Article Reg Anesth Pain Med · 2016 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Simulation-based education strategies to teach regional anesthesia have been described, but their efficacy largely has been assumed. We designed this study to determine whether residents trained using the simulation-based strateg ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of a Standardized Program for Training Practicing Anesthesiologists in Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Skills.

Journal Article J Ultrasound Med · October 2015 OBJECTIVES: Practicing anesthesiologists have generally not received formal training in ultrasound-guided perineural catheter insertion. We designed this study to determine the efficacy of a standardized teaching program in this population. METHODS: Anesth ... Full text Link to item Cite

A pilot study to assess adductor canal catheter tip migration in a cadaver model.

Journal Article J Anesth · April 2015 An adductor canal catheter may facilitate early ambulation after total knee arthroplasty, but there is concern over preoperative placement since intraoperative migration of catheters may occur from surgical manipulation and result in ineffective analgesia. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Simulation in teaching regional anesthesia: current perspectives.

Journal Article Local Reg Anesth · 2015 The emerging subspecialty of regional anesthesiology and acute pain medicine represents an opportunity to evaluate critically the current methods of teaching regional anesthesia techniques and the practice of acute pain medicine. To date, there have been a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cardiac Anesthesia Events

Chapter · August 26, 2014 In this state-of-the-art second edition, readers will find a systematic compilation of emergency procedures for the kinds of crisis events that are encountered in routine practice. ... Cite

Crisis Resource Management

Chapter · March 21, 2014 For those already involved in simulation, the book will serve as a state-of-the-art reference that helps them increase their knowledge base, expand their simulation program’s capabilities, and attract new, additional target learners. ... Cite

Simulation-Based Mastery Learning with Deliberate Practice Improves Clinical Performance in Spinal Anesthesia

Journal Article Anesthesiology Research and Practice · January 1, 2014 Introduction. Properly performing a subarachnoid block (SAB) is a competency expected of anesthesiology residents. We aimed to determine if adding simulation-based deliberate practice to a base curriculum improved performance of a SAB. Methods. 21 anesthes ... Full text Cite

Preliminary study of ergonomic behavior during simulated ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia using a head-mounted display.

Journal Article J Ultrasound Med · August 2012 A head-mounted display provides continuous real-time imaging within the practitioner's visual field. We evaluated the feasibility of using head-mounted display technology to improve ergonomics in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in a simulated environ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cardiac Anesthesia Events

Chapter · 1994 This indispensable volume features the CATALOG OF CRITICAL EVENTS IN ANESTHESIOLOGY, which comprises over 75% of the book. ... Cite