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NEW! Sentinel U’s Virtual Clinicals for Hard-to-Find In-Person Specialty Areas
Due to COVID-19, every healthcare education institution and medical training department in the world has had to look for innovative…
Can Simulations Go Too Far? CNN Shares American Academy of Pediatrics’ Concerns
Yesterday in Victoria Brazil’s webinar on Translational Simulation Scenario Design, the audience discussed the importance of ensuring that clinical tasks…
Sim Programs at TTUHSC El Paso & UTEP’s Keck Center Develop 3D-Printed Ventilator for Only $1K
Dubbed the “Texas Breather”, SimGHOSTS Past President Dr. Scott Crawford and the medical simulation programs at Texas Tech University Health…
Clinical Simulation Effective For Educating Rapid Response Systems
Deterioration in a patient’s condition is sometimes evident long before a code blue cardiac or pulmonary arrest is initiated. However,…
Simulating Medical Imaging: MRI Simulators, X-Ray Simulators, and CT Simulators
While we have previously covered Ultrasound Simulators like those from CAE Healthcare, VirtaMed, Intelligent Ultrasound, SonoSim, and Simulab, today we…
Should Educators Allow Nursing Simulation Students to Practice with Needles At Home?
While some nursing simulation centers and sim labs are working on reopening their facilities, many still remain closed. With the…
Using Medical Simulation to Evaluate Checklists: Part 2
Continuing from last week’s article Using Healthcare Simulation to Evaluate Checklists: Part 1, Dr. Kim Baily PhD, MSN, RN, CNE,…
New COVID-19 Simulation Scenarios From EM SIM CASES
EM SIM CASES, which provides peer-reviewed simulation cases for Emergency Medicine programs available in FOAMed spirit, has been consistently creating…
UbiSim Immediately Enables Nursing Programs to Train From VR Experiences
Responding to the global COVID-19 crisis, UbiSim has launched a powerful new training tool for nursing simulation programs in North…
Physiology: The Force Behind Healthcare Simulation – A Guide for Techs, Part 10A: Abnormal Cardiac Rhythms
A previously posted HealthySimulation.com article entitled “Physiology: The Force Behind Healthcare Simulation – A Guide for Techs, Part 10: Intro…
Preterm Infant Simulator Paul Creates Realistic Neonatal Training for UF Health
Paul, the premature infant simulator from SIMCharacters, is creating realistic training for UF Health staff. Overwhelmingly praised by neonatologists and…
How to Use the Reflective Pause in Clinical Simulation Debriefing to Maximize Learner Engagement
Timothy C. Clapper. PhD, Director of Education and Assistant Professor of Education in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine NewYork-Presbyterian Simulation…