In August 2020, Kaiser Permanente is opening a new medical school in Pasadena, California via the School of Medicine (KPSOM) which will will focus on the use of Medical Simulation. The KP group has dedicated themselves to building a medical school informed by the groundbreaking technology and practices of Kaiser Permanente’s integrated healthcare system—one of [...]

From the earliest days, Jump Simulation leaders made the decision to focus its educational efforts on interprofessional education. That means Jump facilitators and faculty, including University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria professors and clinicians throughout OSF HealthCare, work together to develop courses tailored to team-based training. Today we share about the innovative medical simulation [...]

Value is the focus of an “outside-in” oriented organization focused on solving problems. Here Amy Wedeking Shannon, President and Principal Consultant at CaliberOne Solutions, helps us consider the features, benefits and value proposition: What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter to Clinical Simulation? This common business practice can help your healthcare simulation program find [...]

Healthcare Simulation plays a key role at the Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesiology (KPSA) Nurse Anesthetist program. So much so, that KPSA has developed a series of brief “Trigger” video vignettes that focus on clinical crises, ethical dilemmas or errors related to human factors all of which utilize medical simulation. The videos were originally created [...]