In 1980 I attended an airline training symposium at which it was stated that if the current rate of accidents per thousand take offs was extrapolated in line with expected growth over the next twenty years, with no improvements to safety, the global industry could expect an accident a week...

Medical simulation centers are emerging around the world to advance medical education to the next level by developing curricula that employs the technology to improve skills and assess performance. The centers are also conducting research that provides evidence to simulation's effectiveness as a learning tool, reports Chuck Weirauch.      Private...

Dimitrios Stefanidis, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, FASMBS, examines issues supporting the use of simulators in medical training. The present paradigm shift from resident training using the Halstedian model, “see one, do one, teach one,” to training using surgical simulators results from concerns for patient safety, limited resident work hours, pressures on...

Yuri Millo, M.D. and  Pamela Leonard describe the advancements in their latest simulation center to better meet learner needs. This past June (2011), we at Simulation and Training Environment Lab (SiTEL) of Medstar Health opened our newest Clinical Simulation Center, CSC DC, located at 4000 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C.

Publisher Andy Smith shares his insights after attending the September 2011 conference on surgical training. Although this event took place in early September 2011 its topic, content and the international audience from 31 countries that it attracted, make it an event that should be of interest to the surgical training...

There is a constant and growing need for education in new medical procedures and the use of new devices. This is especially true for surgeons who are constantly being equipped with better methods and tools for dealing with the challenging job of repairing the inside and outside of the human...

As the nursing community increases its use of learning technology in education programs, community leadership is also concerned about faculty development, returns on investment and other issues in the life cycle of a training system, reports Group Editor Marty Kauchak.   A confluence of events is creating a demand to...

Interview with Dr. Monica Reed, CEO Florida Hospital Celebration Health at World Robotics Conference in Miami, Fl by Judith Riess, Editor, MEdSIM MEdSim: Please give me some background on the Florida Hospital System Dr. Reed: The Florida Hospital system is made up of 8 different hospital campuses in Central Florida...

Chief of Medical ModernizationAir Education Training Command Colonel Storms was interviewed by Group Editor Marty Kauchak. The interview addressed a wide range of simulation and training topics pertaining to the U.S. Air Force. Interview MedSIM: Colonel, good afternoon and thanks for taking time to speak with MEdSIM. Let’s first discuss...