The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) received a $20 million commitment from Eugene and Maxine Rosenfeld that its school of Health Sciences will use to enhance its simulation training capabilities to future healthcare professionals. The expansion and revitalization of the school’s learning resource center, which includes the UCLA...
Have you ever observed a simulation event and asked what the event plan was? Did you receive a puzzled look and maybe a cocked eyebrow when you asked the question? Event design is crucial for a successful immersive learning experience.
SkinCeuticals partnered with ReSurge International, a global not-for-profit dedicated to empowering local doctors in developing countries to increase access there to reconstructive surgical care. SkinCeuticals is committed to furthering the field of aesthetic medicine through evidence-based formulations and science. The company says through its experience working with doctors, it’s learned...
Lake Superior State University’s Sault Sainte (LSSU) Marie, Michigan campus and War Memorial Hospital entered an agreement that will transform LSSU’s existing Superior Simulation Center into a regional center that will train and reach more healthcare professionals in the international Great Lakes region, and throughout North America. The new facility...
Johnson & Johnson awarded the University of South Carolina Aiken a $25,000 grant to enhance the instruction in the School of Nursing's (SON) simulation labs and help strengthen the university's relationship with Aiken Regional Medical Centers (ARMC). The funds from this grant will help start this project by providing the necessary...
Surgical teams in Australia are being put through their paces in a new kind of training that challenges them to improve their communication and teamwork. The national team training intervention program for surgical teams is being implemented at Capital & Coast District Health Board (DHB). It is funded by the Accident...
Florida Hospital East Orlando Simulation Center is hosting a Simulation Showcase with speakers, medical simulation equipment and technology from leading manufacturers on April 4, 2018. Speakers will include Mindi Anderson PhD, ARNP, CPNP-PC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, Director of Nursing and Health Care Simulation at the University of Central Florida/Users/katerinamaurtua/Downloads/florida hospital simulation.jpg...
University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) entered a clinical affiliation agreement that establishes a collaborative relationship that will let them form new clinical programs and services to be shared by the two institutions. It also creates a pathway for UMMC and VUMC to formally...
University of Alberta scientists created an AR technology, that allows their new system called ProjectDR, to display medical images such as CT scans and MRI data to be displayed directly on a patient’s body in a way that moves as the patient does. “We wanted to create a system that...