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The Trauma Evaluation and Management (TEAM) program promoted by the American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma teaches students the principles of resuscitating trauma patients. Both standardized live patient models and computerized simulation manikins have been found to be effective. To compare the two methods, researchers randomized 70 fourth-year medical students enrolled in the TEAM course at a single Canadian medical school to three groups: Group 1 did not practice with either method; group 2 practiced with a standardized live trauma patient model with hemorrhagic shock, left rib fractures, hemothorax, and a ruptured spleen; and group 3 practiced on a computerized trauma mannequin (Laerdal SimMan) using the same scenario as for g…