While developing Interprofessional Education (IPE) can present a series of unique challenges, developing a large scale IPE training event be down right overwhelming. Today’s article, guest authored by Matthew Charnetski, MSMS, NRP, Director of Simulation Learning at NYIT at Arkansas State University and Adjunct Faculty at Drexel University, provides a closer look at what it [...]
For Simulation Programs looking to increase realism for their patient simulators, SimAction provides the SimSeize and SimDefib to mimic the movement of patients experiencing seizures or defibrillation. Working with any manikin, the SimSeize is easily installed into any hospital mattress and controlled by wirelessly via android or iOS app. Quiet and simple to use, this [...]
UPMC’s Medical Director of Patient Safety and Director of the WISER Simulation Center, Dr. Paul E. Phrampus MD, recently shared his AHRQ article “Building a Safety Program in a Vast Health Care Network”, which highlights the unique needs of patient safety, workforce training, and medical simulation utilization when considering vast institutional healthcare networks. Below we [...]
At the 2019 International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare we took a first-hand look at the Virtual Patient Simulator: Body Interact. Body Interact, by Take the Wind, is a state-of- the-art 3D medical simulator, ideal for accelerating learners” critical thinking and clinical decision making skills for improved acute and chronic care. Body Interact is ideally [...]
Cedar Crest College invites applications for an experienced technician to maintain the College’s nursing laboratory and simulation center, including preparing and setting up for student and faculty use, cleaning up, conducting routine maintenance, and serving as simulation operator for various scenarios in clinical education. Our Nursing Simulation Center is one of the best-equipped in the [...]
Furthering innovation in Healthcare Simulation, B-Line Medical recently launched an iOS (iPhone / iPad) app for their SimCapture Pro and Enterprise Cloud systems. By integrating their audiovisual recording and debriefing systems with Apple’s ubiquitous hand-held product lines, the company is empowering simulation educators to have even greater flexibility with how they engage learners. On the [...]
