Health Scholars and the American Academy of Pediatrics have partnered to develop pediatric emergency virtual reality (VR) healthcare simulation training for first responders. Here we take a look at the new VR applications will provide a remote, scalable way for first responders to practice properly assessing and providing care during a pediatric emergency care.

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Today at 1PM EDT, 10AM PDT, Dr. Kim Baily, PhD, MSN, RN will be presenting an open access (free) webinar on “Using Clinical Simulation to Improve Medication Administration Safety”. Due to the number of medical errors caused by medication administration which lead to patient harm and patient deaths each year, as well as the overwhelmingly [...]

With vaccine trials happening to create immunity to the coronavirus, getting back to in-person learning may be closer than it seemed this past summer. At the same time, educators and students can’t completely rely on a vaccine, of course. Not everyone may be able to be vaccinated, and there may be people who decline vaccination. [...]

Transitioning to virtual learning is not nearly as simple as it might seem on the surface. Online and distance education requires different thinking, teaching style and technology to create learner-centered environments. In a virtual learning environment, there are different demands on focus, attention span and managing the strain of motion. Humans often want to learn [...]

Due to COVID-19, every healthcare education institution and medical training department in the world has had to look for innovative solutions to stressful challenges. From canceled classrooms to cut off clinical rotations, the impact to learners from mental health to nursing to medical students is going to be enormous, and affect all of us for [...]

Celebrating a decade in 2019, the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) offers forums, a body of knowledge and a voice for all the healthcare simulation community, for the region of the British Islands and beyond. Here, Today’s article was guest author Mr Andrew G. Buttery MSc, DipMedED(Dist), RODP, Regional Simulation & Human Factors [...]