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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

When teaching urban community health programs or rural community health students, Healthcare Simulation provides many benefits that should be considered. For example, In urban settings, there are increased risks for students new to community visits. In rural settings, great distances reduce the ability to tackle assignments in an effective manner. In both cases, providing access [...]