The Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER) is a state-of-the-art simulation training and research facility that serves both the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC. WISER is dedicated to advancing healthcare simulation and education to improve patient safety across the health system. To accomplish this mission, WISER supports several professional development opportunities geared towards [...]
Healthcare simulation has been used by Associate Degree Nursing Program nursing students to increase safety and proficiency with medication administration. Pharmacology faculty of the program designed weekly nursing simulations to help learners apply and practice in the clinical simulation lab what was learnt in the classroom. Student nurses are often eager to give medications while [...]
SimVS is proud to announce the addition of a Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) pump simulator to the recently developed SimVS-IV infusion pump simulator. The simulated PCA pump module is ready for healthcare simulation educators to teach their students best practices. PCA pumps allow patients to manage their pain by self-administering small doses of intravenous analgesia [...]
The 2024 Women in Leadership (WIL) Symposium is scheduled virtually for May 15 from 10 AM to 3:00 PM EDT, UTC-4 for healthcare simulationists. The WIL Symposium was created as a one-day event to bring together curious and aspiring, new and experienced leaders in healthcare simulation. The challenges and opportunities for female healthcare simulation professionals [...]
Each year, the International Pediatric Simulation Society (IPSS) nonprofit holds an annual symposium, the International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops (IPSSW). This article will share about IPSSW 2024 and why those in pediatric simulation should strongly consider attending! Scheduled for 2024 from 7-9 May in Denver, Colorado, IPSSW is one of the world’s largest gatherings [...]
What are some of the key factors when selecting modalities in clinical simulation? Based on an Avkin 2023-2024 international survey, each simulation modality currently available in the market has benefits and drawbacks. Avkin is dedicated to meeting the healthcare simulation needs and scans the healthcare simulation community for gaps that need to be addressed to [...]