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Utilizing a controller and virtual reality helmet while engaging in a customizable scenario, combat veteran’s can work through traumatic events in a controlled and safe environment. The technology is already being used by therapists and soldiers in over 65 locations around the World. Visit ICT’s website to learn more!
Today I am thrilled to announce a NEW meeting specifically designed for Healthcare Simulation Program Administrators to be called HealthySimAdmin! Taking place October 18th + 19th at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Greenspun Hall, this one-of-a-kind event promises to provide the answers our growing community has overwhelming requested! Join us in Las Vegas or watch this event live from your office desktop.
So check out the new HealthySimAdmin page to watch the announcement video, share your needs, subscribe for updates, meet our expert panel and learn more!
And just below is the latest copy of the GHOSTS 2012 Brochure! Over thirty-five presentations were submitted to GHOSTS this year from Sim Techs as far away as Australia!
This year, GHOSTS has expanded to include a pre-conference day with even more special courses! At this GHOSTS pre-con, beginner Sim Techs will have the opportunity to get official hands-on training with the manikin vendor of their choice. Sim Techs wishing to goto the next level can sign up for the Comprehensive Trauma Moulage Workshop where they will learn how to mold 3-dimensional wounds and much more!
Eric Bauman from Clinical Playground wrote in to let me know about a new conference in support of education through gaming. The new meeting is called “MIH Games & StoryTelling” and is taking place in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Thursday May 17th. Learning objectives include:
On completion of the games in learning session you will:
Identify components of gaming that would enhance your educational efforts.
Describe the process and development of educational games.
Discuss/explore various games that are beneficial in education.
Develop an outline for one game.
Review the evidence and research behind the use and efficacy of games in education.
On completion of the storytelling in learning session you will:
Discuss how to use story or narrative to achieve an educational outcome.
Understand how storytelling and narrative enhance education and educational outcomes.
Write stories for your training and education initiatives.
METI, now a brand name of CAE Healthcare, was at IMSH 2012 this year demonstrating the company’s continued commitment to being a leader in healthcare education. At IMSH, I spoke with Regional Sales Director Brian Donohue about what this merger means for the medical simulation community as well as what we can expect from CAE Healthcare in 2012.
Also, be sure to check out my preview demonstration of the CAE Viamedix Ultrasound Simulator. What really excites me about this merger is the amazing potential CAE now has to bring lessons learned from over half-a-century of simulation in aviation and other massive industries to the medical simulation community.
Now that METI is under the umbrella of CAE Healthcare and will have access to all this additional experiences I have a strong feeling we will be seeing a lot more trend-setting announcements from the company in the years to come.
At IMSH I had a brief moment to talk with Dr. Robert F. Buckman, Jr. M.D., an internationally-known surgeon and inventor of medical technology devices, about the surgical simulator products available from Operative Experience. Even though we only had a short conversation I was really impressed with the level of realism inherit with the Operative Experience surgery simulator product line. Check out my interview with Dr. Buckman below:
Realistic surgery simulator procedures available from Operative Experience include:
Point-of-injury Hemorrhage Control
Low Transverse C-Section
External Fixation of Femur
Shunting of Femoral Artery and Vein
Proximal Control of Femoral Artery
Subdural Hematoma
Below Knee Amputation
Above Knee Amputation
Fasciotomy
The Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC.Org) helped fund the development of these amazing surgical simulators. Visit OperativeExperience.com to learn more about their surgery simulation products and services!
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Check out the Grand Prize Winners of the 2011 SunShine Video Contest:
Looks fun! So download the script and enter your chance to shine with Laerdal’s SUN.
Would you like to learn more about teaching using simulation? The Behling Simulation Center at the University at Buffalo is pleased to announce our 2012 dates for simulation methodology courses! Each course provides the hands on, practical knowledge you need to provide effective immersive simulations for your students. Classes are small (8-10 learners each) and provide a mentoring environment for the learner. Download the “Nuts & Bolts Simulation Methodology Course” Overview.
Fine Tuning Debriefing Skills:
June 7-8, 2012
(Note, you must have either taken a simulation methodology course or actively running and debriefing immersive simulation exercises for at least one year as a pre-requisite for this course).
The Behling Simulation Center is located at the University at Buffalo in the Academic Health Center servicing the five health professions schools at the University specializing in immersive patient care management simulation with a focus on interprofessional simulation education. Buffalo can be conveniently reached by air or ground transportation and is located 20 minutes from Niagara Falls, two hours South of the major metropolitan area of Toronto, ON, three hours from Cleveland, OH, and an hour’s flight from most East coast and Mid-west airline hubs.
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Pocket Nurse® was at IMSH this year to continue demonstrating support for medical simulation. By providing medical supplies and equipment that are specifically designed to enhance simulated healthcare learning, Pocket Nurse ® has helped to provide solutions for our emerging community. Products such as their patented DEMO DOSE ® simulated medications provide your simulation program with ready-made solutions for your educational needs, saving staff time and energy while increasing realism for learners.
Pocket Nurse ® has also demonstrated their commitment to helping healthcare educators by supporting the medical simulation community by sponsoring scholarships, organizations, workshops and conferences in the field. Notably, Pocket Nurse ® has sponsored scholarships and workshops at INACSL and recently became a founding sponsor of the 2012 GHOSTS meeting , or “Gathering of Healthcare Simulation Technology Specialists“. GHOSTS continues the success of last year’s “Gathering of Technicians”, which was the world’s first conference dedicated specifically to train healthcare simulation technicians.
Watch the video below to learn more about the support Pocket Nurse ® provides to our medical simulation community!
