Today in Southport United Kingdom, the 9th annual Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare conference launched with a day of workshops, movie screenings, and keynote addresses. Hundreds of simulation champions from across the UK, Europe and the world came together for the three day event which focusing on “Maximizing Impact” in simulated healthcare. HealthySim is [...]
Anyone involved in the technology, MedTech (medical technology), EdTech (education technology), and education sectors, are used to waves of new jargon and acronyms. Clinical Simulation (or just “Sim”) is no exception, in fact the innovation and rate of change have been so dramatic that even expert practitioners and instructors at Nursing and Medical Schools struggle [...]
While usually we cover news stories once a month like our recent Global News Update for Healthcare Simulation in October article, coverage by The New York Times warrants its own celebration. Last week writer Laura Pappano published “Training the Next Generation of Doctors and Nurses” which covered the expanding use of patient simulators and virtual [...]
The need for well-designed training curriculum and quality ultrasound task trainers has increased exponentially. “A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children” (Elsevier, 2019) suggests that “Given that crises in pediatric anesthesia are relatively rare and unpredictable and that anesthesia residents and faculty are expected to be able to successfully manage these situations, simulation-based education can [...]
