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It’s Official! SimGHOSTS USA 2025 Early Bird Registration is open
Make plans to join us at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, July 29–August 1, for SG25USA — a dynamic 3.5-day event focused on advancing healthcare simulation technology, operations and education. Tailored for simulation technology and operations professionals, SG25USA delivers cutting-edge insights, practical strategies, and real-world solutions to help you stay ahead of emerging trends. From…
Introducing: Veterinary Simulators by VSI – now a part of 3B Scientific
3B Scientific is a leader in the medical simulation field for human healthcare education. With the acquisition of Veterinary Simulator Industries (VSI) in 2024, we are broadening the scope of our offering and bringing the same dedication to high-quality, realistic simulation training to the veterinary field.
3b Scientific Acquires Stops Medical (Strategic Operations)
We’re thrilled to announce that STOPS Medical is now part of 3B Scientific! Known for its Hyper-Realistic® training solutions, STOPS Medical bridges the gap between classroom learning and real-world application. From point of injury trauma care, its cutting-edge simulators equip medical professionals with the skills needed to save lives in high-stakes environments. By integrating multiple…
SIMStation Moves US Headquarters to Dallas for Enhanced Customer Service
Dallas, April 15, 2025 – SIMStation, a leading provider of AV simulation solutions, announces the relocation of its US headquarters from Miami to Dallas. The new lease will officially begin on May 1st, 2025, and reflects SIMStation’s commitment to delivering faster, more efficient customer support across North America. With its new central location, SIMStation is…
Register Today for the 2025 Women in Leadership Symposium
Leaning Into Change: Shaping Tomorrow’s Leader Women in Leadership 2025 (WIL) is an inclusive, one-day virtual meeting for ALL aspiring, new and experienced leaders in healthcare simulation. A partnership between the Association for SP Educators (ASPE), International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL), SimGHOSTS, and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), this…
HTC Vive’s VR Tech Brings New Hope for Healing as PA Expands WorkComp Benefits for First Responders with PTSI
As Pennsylvania expands workers’ compensation coverage to include certain Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries (PTSI) for first responders, a powerful convergence of technology and care is emerging—led by innovators like Dan O’Brien, President Americas at HTC VIVE and a featured speaker at the PCRB & DCRB Workers Compensation Symposium on May 1. O’Brien is spearheading a movement…
Clinical Simulation in Nursing Education: Transforming Learning and Decision-Making
In the evolving landscape of healthcare education, clinical simulation has become an invaluable tool for training nursing students and nurse practitioners (NPs). By replicating real-world clinical scenarios in a controlled environment, simulation enhances learning, improves clinical decision-making, and ultimately contributes to better patient outcomes. This blog explores the various ways simulation is utilized in nursing…
New and Improved Simulator to Help Reduce Caesarean Birth Risk
UK-based manufacturer of medical training products, Adam,Rouilly, has worked with leading clinicians to develop an improved simulation model for the teaching of vital skills which can help reduce the risk to mothers and babies during caesarean births. Debra Enhanced – Impacted Fetal Head Simulator enables clinical teams to learn and practice what to do when…
Getting your Surgical Simulation Program off the Ground: From Administration to Curricula (RP2504A)
This course is for surgeon educators who wish to utilize simulation to teach medical students, residents, and fellows. It provides a comprehensive review of how to start a simulation program for surgeons. The components of establishing a robust surgical simulation curriculum are included in this faculty development course, and will provide a comprehensive review of…
SIM Summit Indiana
Name of Event: SIM Summit Indiana Dates: April 24-25, 2025 Location: 340 W. 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Hosted By: Simulation Center at Fairbanks Hall, IU Schools of Medicine and Nursing, IU Health Early Bird Pricing: $175 (February 13th – March 28th) Regular Pricing: $225 (March 29th – April 24th)
Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative: The Patient Safety Technology Challenge is Excited to Announce a New Event
The Patient Safety Technology Challenge is excited to announce a new event. Share these competitions (or the many other upcoming competitions) or take up the Challenge yourself and join a competition. The future depends on you.
Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative: Unlock DoD & DARPA Funding Webinar
Don’t miss out! The Patient Safety Technology Challenge is hosting an exclusive webinar with Dr. Ron Poropatich from the University of Pittsburgh as he demystifies the process of securing Department of Defense (DoD) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funding for healthcare technology initiatives.
Meet the latest winners and their tech-enabled patient safety solutions
All summaries of past competitions and the winning ideas can be found on our blog. Hack@Brown RelieveRx took home the Patient Safety Technology Challenge sponsored prize on February 1-2. Their AI-powered platform aims to reduce drug over prescription by assessing a patient’s pain level and uses the results, in combination with hospital records and medical…
Cardiac Arrest Simulation Response Time: A Comparative Study in Preclinical Medical Education
Medical students often face a critical challenge when transitioning from academia to real-world clinical practice, especially in life-or-death situations such as cardiac arrests. Despite extensive classroom training, newly trained physicians often feel unprepared for actual emergencies. Simulation-based learning has emerged as a crucial tool in bridging this gap, offering students realistic scenarios for practicing life-saving…
UTA takes lead with mobile lab to address rural health care crisis
Texas has the most rural residents of any state, with nearly 3 million people spread across a vast landscape. If rural Texas were its own state, it would rank as the 36th most populous. Yet, rural Texans face significant barriers to health care that their urban counterparts do not. More than a quarter of the…
The role of training and education for enhancing empathy among healthcare students: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Empathy can lead to a better patient-professional relationship, and this skill that can be learned and trained, and the university is the ideal place to start this training. The aim of this systematic review is to assess whether training and education interventions have an impact on increasing empathy in health students.
Simulator training for enhanced interventional radiology education
To address the challenges of staff shortages and the need to gain practical experience in interventional radiology by increasing attention in the medical curriculum, especially in combination with the opportunity to successfully gain hands-on experience, can help influence medical students’ career decisions in favor of IR. Regular training on VR simulators can reduce the amount…
Evaluation of a novel simulation-based training for urgent laryngectomy care
Laryngectomy (removal of the larynx, usually due to cancer) results in significant anatomical changes requiring specific clinical skills to safely manage the airway and support altered communication. It is crucial that healthcare professionals understand how to support people with laryngectomy, particularly in emergency care when their usual healthcare teams will not be present. Provision of…
‘It feels real’: Simulation training provides safe and realistic environment for learners
At VCU’s Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety, current and future physicians get hands-on clinical experience and practice soft skills that translate into improved patient care.
Defensive Responses to Implicit Association Tests and Bias Awareness in an Implicit Bias Mitigation Training
To describe clinical learners’ bias awareness, self-perceptions of bias relative to colleagues (better-than-average), implicit and explicit biases and defensive response to the IATs.
Enhancing Pediatric Emergency Care in Low-Resource Settings Through Simulation-Based Training: A Narrative Review
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face persistent challenges in reducing pediatric mortality, particularly in emergency settings. Simulation-based training (SBT) offers a practical solution to improve pediatric emergency care by enhancing healthcare providers’ skills and clinical decision-making. Objective. This narrative review explores the effectiveness, challenges, and implementation strategies of SBT for pediatric emergency care in LMICs.…
Engaging and supporting standardized patients involved in equity-seeking healthcare training: a qualitative study
This study aims to explore the perspectives of standardized patients previously involved in equity-seeking healthcare training simulation activities to better understand how stakeholders can engage and support standardized patients in the delivery of educational opportunities for healthcare professionals related to equity, diversity, and inclusivity.
Simulation-based learning in orthopaedics: A qualitative systematic review
Simulation-based learning has emerged as a transformative tool in orthopaedic education, significantly improving surgical training and patient safety. This systematic review examines the role of simulation in enhancing technical skills, decision-making, and clinical competence among orthopaedic trainees.
Novel Virtual Reality Simulator for Cleft Palate Surgery Training: An Assessment of Educational Feasibility and Traction Among Plastic Surgery Residents
This is to evaluate learners’ acceptance of multiuser virtual reality (VR) simulation platform while practicing the Furlow repair technique for cleft palate reconstruction.
Application of generative AI chatbot in nursing education and care: A literature review.
The development of artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly important. A digitally competent healthcare workforce will be vital to provide digital solutions in clinical settings. The current review aims to critically appraise the existing evidence over the application of generative AI chatbot in nursing education to improve knowledge, satisfaction, usability, confidence and critical thinking of nursing…
Congress and Expo for Medical XR, Live and on site in Heidelberg, Germany
Take the unique opportunity and apply now for the exclusive Shift Medical congress live and on site in Heidelberg, Germany on September 17-19, 2025.
Anatomage Announces Acquisition of Cloud-based Software Company BioDigital
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Anatomage Inc., a leader in medical education technology, has announced its acquisition of BioDigital, a cloud-based software company in biomedical visualization. Founded in 2004, Anatomage is a pioneer in the digitalization of real human anatomy and inventor of the Anatomage Table, the world’s first life-size virtual dissection…
Surgical Science Acquires Intelligent Ultrasound
Surgical Science is pleased to announce that on February 18, 2025, Surgical Science Sweden AB (“Surgical Science”), one of the world’s leading medical simulation companies, has completed the purchase of Intelligent Ultrasound Group PLC (“Intelligent Ultrasound”). Intelligent Ultrasound has established a strong reputation for delivering high-quality training solutions that enhance the skills of healthcare professionals.…
Australasian Simulation Congress 2025 Call for Abstracts Now Open
The Simulation Australasia Board and 2025 Australasian Simulation Congress Organising Committee warmly invite you to submit an abstract for the Australasian Simulation Congress 2025 (ASC 2025), being held from 11 to 14 August 2025 at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
Innovative, Immersive Learning: Relias Expands VR Access to Solve Healthcare Workforce Training Challenges
Relias, the trusted multi-solution workforce enablement platform partner to 12,000 healthcare organizations and 4.5 million caregivers, is expanding its learning modalities to include assessment-based virtual reality (VR) through its acquisition of InceptionXR, an innovative provider of extended reality training solutions for healthcare professionals.
National Patient Safety Goals for Hospitals in 2025
The National Patient Safety Goals® (NPSGs) program was developed in 2002 by The Joint Commission healthcare accrediting body to address preventable medical errors in the U.S. These goals help clinicians, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities develop best practices and proactive processes of care to promote patient safety (Shaikh, 2024). Goals are updated by The Joint…
Surgery just before the weekend a bad idea, study suggests
Folks facing surgery on a Friday may want to consider rescheduling if they can based on findings from a new study.
Mass Casualty Emergency Preparedness Training Through an Academic-Practice Partnership
Mass casualty incidents overwhelm a health care system’s resources. Stakeholders developed a pediatric mass casualty simulation with an unfolding timeline. A post-simulation debriefing identified opportunities to improve patient triage, interprofessional communication, and resource mobilization. Participants agreed that the simulation was effective, influenced their clinical behavior, and supported triage in clinical practice. [J Contin Educ Nurs.…
Developing a Systematic Approach for the Implementation of Medical Extended Reality Learning Modules in Cardiothoracic Health Care: Recommendations From an International Expert Group
Numerous extended reality (XR) applications focusing on patients as well as health care professionals as end users have been developed. The number of scientific research projects with XR applications continues to grow rapidly. Despite the promising results, XR modalities can encounter several challenges in development and implementation. Creation of haptic feedback, prevention of “cyber sickness,”…
Analysis of stress responses in medical students during simulated pericardiocentesis training using virtual reality and 3D-printed mannequin
The field of medical education has been revolutionized by adopting simulation-based learning1, which aligns with the “learning by doing” philosophy. This approach enhances patient safety by allowing students to practice clinical procedures in safe environments, offering reproducible scenarios for consistent learning outcomes while accommodating various educational levels. Despite its widespread benefits, the application of simulation-based…
