The United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command at the Brooke Army Medical Center U.S. trains like no other, with a unique simulated environment system called the Wide Area Virtual Environment, or WAVE. Building environments that create blended learning, service members can simulate healthcare engagements “on the move” between multiple patient scenario surroundings, all [...]

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 [...]

Healthcare IT News writer Jessica Davis recently published an interview with Cathy Wolfe, Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research and Practice CEO and President who shared that “Advanced technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence and virtual simulation are transforming adaptive learning models in ways that optimize learning and improve knowledge retention”. This is a great article to [...]

VR Training has a strong future in Healthcare Simulation, as the University of Newcastle Australia has demonstrated with two new powerful virtual reality learning programs for Oral Health Therapy and OB gestation. Lead by Lecturer Mrs. Denise Higgins (for the Oral Trainer), and Lecturer Mr. Donovan Jones (for the OB trainer) the two programs benefit [...]