ReaLifeSim Teams Up with VeinTrain

B & G Educational Innovations LLC, (BGEI), the parent company of ReaLifeSim LLC, announced its strategic partnership with VeinTrain Ltd., a British firm with national healthcare training expertise.

Both of the companies' founders, Elizabeth Benson, ReaLifeSim, and Sarah Phillips, VeinTrain, met on LinkedIn and immediately recognized their shared drive and focus on best-practices in clinical education and the potential for a mutually beneficial collaboration “across the pond.” VeinTrain and ReaLifeSim are working together to provide the current healthcare workforce and the next generation of clinicians with improved learner experiences. VeinTrain brings over a decade of expertise in curriculum design and innovative tools like the “Naked Vein”, used for psychomotor skills development in fundamental venipuncture skills. ReaLifeSim, recently recognized as a global Patient Safety Advocate and one of the Top 10 Healthcare Simulation Solution Providers, provides a realistic platform for learners and professionals to work under the pressure of practicing on real people, safely experiencing the influence human factors have on hands-on and interaction communication skills.

Elizabeth Benson, co-founder and CEO of BGEI and itsReaLifeSim subsidiary said, “Our wearable ReaLifeSim IV trainers are designedto provide realistic opportunities for nurses, first responder, doctors, andmore, to develop and maintain competence and confidence in their IV skills bysafely practicing IV insertions on each other or actor volunteers (standardizedpatients), interacting as they would in a real-life situation.”

“ReaLifeSim's efforts to enhance the realism in clinicaltraining, using wearable products, works well with our commitment to help clinicallearning organizations build a clear, naturally progressive curriculum to enhancethe quality of IV skills training from basic to advanced,” said Sarah Phillips,VeinTrain’s founder and director. “By combining our focuses on proper equipmenthandling, proper hand positioning, patient interaction, and situationalawareness, together we are creating new packages that provide practiceopportunities at all levels – from fundamental to Train-the-Trainer. Using the right tools helpsensure all medical professionals are properly trained and meet the higheststandards of patient care,” Phillips added.