VirtaMed is a developer and producer of highly realistic surgical simulators for healthcare simulation training. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the company provides the products that allow surgeons to train in a safe environment, including the LaparoS for gynecological laparoscopy. Given the restricted training opportunities presented by COVID-19, VirtaMed has established a new surgical gynecology simulation [...]

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Simulation Working Group has numerous resources for those using simulation in OB/GYN learning environments. Here below, we share more about this innovative working group and some of their key resources, including a link to a OB Shoulder Dystocia Clinical Simulation Scenario.

About the Clinical Simulation Working Group

This ACOG [...]

PROMPT stands for Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training, a program initially introduced to North Bristol NHS Trust in UK which utilizes clinical simulation and is now practiced to great success all around the world. The aim of the PROMPT Maternity Foundation is to reduce preventable harm for mothers and their babies. Today we take a look [...]

CAE Healthcare recently announced the dynamic redesign of Vimedix 3.0, providing healthcare simulation programs more in the education of ultrasound simulation. The CAE Vimedix ultrasound simulator platform is one of the industry’s most innovative simulators with performance metrics validated through numerous scientific studies, published in peer-reviewed professional medical journals. The totality of benefits from training [...]