Healthcare Simulation Week (#HCSimWeek19) is in full swing with clinical organizations around the world showcasing their powerful use of simulation to improve education, training, and patient safety outcomes throughout healthcare. Wouldn’t it be great to gather all of these operational success stories in one place to learn the best kept secrets? Good news! The brand [...]
Previously we wrote on 9 Key Considerations When Designing a Sim Lab, where we shared the importance of identifying stakeholders, planning for storage space, gases, manikins and more. Today, guest author Dr. Kim Baily PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, covers the next 11 of 20 key considerations that might prove useful for planning a nursing or [...]
The University of California Riverside School of Medicine (UCRSOM) opened its doors in 2013 graduating its first class in 2017 with seventy-seven students to be admitted this fall. How did this sim program come about and how is simulation in healthcare evolving at this institution? Today Dr. Kim Baily PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, takes a [...]
Recently the Chicago Sun Times reported on how the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is utilizing Clinical Simulation to train child service investigators. Such powerful use cases for medical simulation must be considered by every department and institution engaging with patient health, whether it be in a clinical setting or not. Let’s [...]
