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Professional Development
Professional development for healthcare simulation educators, nursing simulation technicians, medical simulation program administrators and more.
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How to Pick Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that Optimize Healthcare Simulation Outcomes
Reports, metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) are everywhere—but with a bit of planning and the technology to back you…
Clinical Simulation Terminology & Product Categories Demystified
Anyone involved in the technology, MedTech (medical technology), EdTech (education technology), and education sectors, are used to waves of new…
New Pediatric Anesthesia and Echo Ultrasound Trainers from Elevate Healthcare
The need for well-designed training curriculum and quality ultrasound task trainers has increased exponentially. “A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants…
University of Newcastle Australia Creates Healthcare Learning VR Simulations
VR Training has a strong future in Healthcare Simulation, as the University of Newcastle Australia has demonstrated with two new…
Stanford CAPE Video Talks on Simulation Debriefing, Care of Debriefly
Video in Simulation is a new series featuring Dr. Lou Halamek of the CAPE at Stanford simulation center discussing his…
VR Simulation Training Is Now A Reality with ‘Fire in the OR’ from Health Scholars
Health Scholars has launched the first commercially available virtual reality (VR) training simulation for operating room fire prevention and management to…
Physiology: The Force Behind Healthcare Simulation – A Guide for Techs, Part 5: Sepsis
This article is the 5th in a series of posts related to physiology, the force behind simulation. Some simulation team…
WIRED Covers Advances in Healthcare Simulation Manikin Technology
Just this past month, WIRED science writer Matt Simon visited Stanford to take a closer look at a pediatric simulator…
Synaptive Medical Innovates Neurosurgery with BrightMatter Brain Simulator & Space Technology
In our field, sometimes it actually is “brain surgery” — and who wouldn’t want to simulate that? Synaptive Medical, a…
Jacob and Lois Mol Cardiovascular Simulation Center Offers Unique Training Space
The Jacob and Lois Mol Cardiovascular Simulation Center opened its doors in August 2017 which serves as a clinical training…
Understanding Research For Clinical Simulation, Part 2: Validity and Reliability
Simulation staff need to understand research theory either to fully participate in their own department’s research or to review the current literature…
Simulation-Based Training Research: Applications in Clinical Pharmacy
In a recent article entitled “Simulation-based training: applications in clinical pharmacy” published in the journal Clinical Pharmacist (September 2018, Vol 10,…