Did you know that November is Diabetes Awareness Month? Each year this month is observed to raise awareness with individuals, healthcare professionals, organizations, and communities across the country who are directly or indirectly affected by Diabetes. Today, we take a closer look at Diabetes and some of the key healthcare simulation learning theories from Dr. [...]

With patient safety a growing concern among health authorities worldwide, one way of reducing the ‘care risk’ is to train staff in the specific areas patients are at most risk. Increasingly, organizations are turning to debriefing video analysis as a way of improving assessment and reducing the danger to patients. This article looks at the [...]

Growing evidence shows a significant link between repetitive practice, content retention, and academic performance—which is why forward-thinking healthcare educators are looking for concrete ways to jumpstart learners’ comprehension, intuition, and long-term retention abilities. Designed to primarily educate and secondarily entertain, serious games and gamified learning environments place users in an environment where “play” leads to [...]

Professor Terry P. Young, FBCS, Professor Emeritus at Brunel University London and Principal of Datchet Consulting Ltd. submitted this op-ed article asking “Why doesn’t healthcare simulate like everyone else?”. Despite having many new ways to blend our knowledge delivery, a world of connected lifetime education and development still eludes most of us. Meanwhile, employers continue [...]