Research Protocol Services

With nearly fifteen years of experience as an academic research and training center for Stanford Medicine, the team at CAPE can help you design and execute a study using a simulation-based investigative methodology.  Specific areas of expertise include how to:

  1. Generate a testable hypothesis
  2. Write clinical scenarios that realistically replicate relevant human and system interactions
  3. Recruit and consent subjects
  4. Capture and analyze important data
  5. Prepare abstracts and manuscripts for publication

Please reach us at (650) 724-5307 or contactCAPE 'at' stanford.edu to collaborate or learn more about research services. 

Examples

STANFORD MEDICINE

Patient Safety Learning Laboratories

CAPE's Director, Lou Halamek, M.D., is concluding a four year research grant supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality to optimize improving three specific aspects of neonatal resuscitation: (1) the design of the physical workspace, (2) decision making during this invasive procedure, and (3) human-technology interaction.

Improving Intubation

Dr. Halamek was also the PI for the Objective Markers for Successful Neonatal Intubation (OMSNI) study, which aimed to generate quantitative data on 1) overall technique, 2) force and torque, 3) motion paths, and 4) eye tracking patterns used during neonatal intubation. The overall goal was to discern differences between highly successful and less successful healthcare professionals and develop more effective training strategies in this life-saving skill.

 The OMSNI study is supported through grants from the Neonatal Resuscitation Program of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Association of Auxiliaries for Children Endowment at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and the Endowment for the Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education.

INDUSTRY

Guided Resuscitation

Supported by the Fogarty Institute of Innovation, family practice physician Peter Coelho, M.D. created the NeoCue System, a monitoring and decision support tool for neonatal resuscitation.  It has the potential to redefine the standard of care for neonates during the first few minutes after birth by providing automatic monitoring of vital physiologic data coupled with automated cues to guide decision-making during resuscitation. In a quest to test and further refine the NeoCue System, Dr. Coelho enlisted the expertise of the academic clinical faculty at CAPE for study methodology, design, and data analysis.  CAPE served as the research lab for Dr. Coelho's study, and CAPE's Simulation Specialists were instrumental in recreating the standardized, realistic clinical environment required for this research.  Through an iterative process and research protocol support from CAPE's faculty, Dr. Coelho completed the preliminary research and design for this novel tool.