The Florida Hospital Nicholson Center completed 13 research projects over the last six years focused on advancing robotic and laparoscopic surgery safety and creating a new standard for surgical training using $5.9 million in grants from the Department of Defense (DoD). With the grants, the Nicholson Center conducted a series of...
It’s only fitting that a medical student and a doctor would have a conversation about nutrition education while pumping iron in a local gym. A casual chat would quickly turn to shop talk between then first-year med student Aric Sudicky and Dr. Kevin Busche, assistant professor and assistant dean of...
Staff of the Colonial War Memorial Hospital are better equipped to handle the 100 daily emergency cases they receive after receiving training on emergency life support and serious illnesses. Hospital staff were part of a group of 57 medical professionals from around Fiji who received training from an emergency life...
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (AFNS) -- The St. Louis Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills is leading the way in innovative trauma training with its recent implementation of the first-ever Athena simulator to be utilized in the Defense Department. The simulator has female features and offers advanced...
On Feb. 15 officials with State Fair Community College and Bothwell Regional Health Center signed an agreement to partner on a simulation collaboration project that will enhance nursing education and nursing practices for both organizations. In June 2016, representatives from SFCC and BRHC began to develop the simulation collaboration idea...
From Quinnipiac University The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University has been awarded full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting body for programs leading to the MD degree in the United States. LCME is jointly sponsored by the...
We’ve all seen the gore of war played out on the screen, but seeing and dealing with it in real life is another story entirely. A small group of reporters got as close a look as possible to the real thing this week at the University of Washington’s WWAMI Institute...
A symposium sponsored by UB DoctHERS, a networking group whose goal is advancing women in medical or scientific education and careers, is being held Saturday morning. The event is sponsored by UB DoctHERS, a networking group whose goal is to advance women in medical education, medicine and science. The symposium will feature Roswell Park Cancer Institute CEO Candace...
Mohawk Ambulance Service recently hired eight EMTs who completed their free five-month training program. The five-month course, which is administered twice annually, is free of charge to applicants, making it possible for a candidate to become certified without having to make a $1,000 personal investment. Traditional EMT training programs can...
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) are uniting to advance common goals and accelerate progress in patient and workforce safety. Saying that patient safety is a public health issue in need of fresh, robust approaches and constant focus for health care systems today,...