The rise of virtual health care technology could soon allow patients to receive checkups from the comfort of their living rooms, eliminating the need to travel to a hospital or doctor’s office. To prepare the next generation of nurses for this technology, the School of Nursing recently received a one-year...

How many of you know what a mobile virtual presence device is? Of those who said yes, how many first heard of them from an episode of The Big Bang Theory? Well, get ready to put your geek on because we are about to look at how these devices might...

Dr. John Vozenilek, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Simulation at Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center, talks about how simulation can help doctors better treat patients in this video.  Dr. John Vozenilek, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Simulation at Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center -- better...

BOSTON — The patient’s blood pressure had reportedly crashed in the ambulance; a gunshot wound had damaged the heart. In the operating room, a medical resident, Dr. Dan Hashimoto, slid a knife into the patient’s chest and sliced horizontally, from the sternum across the torso. He thrust his hand into the gash,...

In the lobby of the National Medical Education & Training Center in West Bridgewater, Mass., hangs a large map of the world peppered with red dot stickers. (See photo) The stickers represent the places our paramedic students come from— Qatar, Australia, Switzerland, the Philippines, Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Ireland, St. Croix,...

Guidelines released this month from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBS) emphasize the use of simulation in nursing training, and recommend certification to demonstrate that the lead faculty and simulation lab personnel are qualified. The guidelines specifically cite the CHSE (Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator) as a suggested...

In 2009 a team of knowledgeable experts including Don Berwick and Lucian Leap came together to define patient safety. In a published paper they articulated a definition, description and model of patient safety. Their definition, loosely paraphrased was a “discipline in the health care professions that applies safety science toward...

Group Editor Marty Kauchak interviews Colonel Daniel Irizarry, MD. MEdSim had the opportunity to gain far-ranging insights on medical learning technologies and military medicine from Colonel Daniel Irizarry, MD., US Army, the Clinical Advisor for the Joint Project Office for Medical Modeling and Simulation (JPO-MMS) at US Army’s Program Executive...

Ryan Hill describes a simulation-based training prototype called the Client Assessment Practice Simulation (CAPS), being developed for research purposes at the University of Central Florida. Ryan Hill, PhD candidate at the University of Central Florida, discusses the Institute for Simulation and Training’s prototype simulation development program and the benefits to...

The Helicopter Flight Training Center, a Metro Aviation company, is expanding its training options with the addition of a Frasca Bell 407 Level 7 Flight Training Device (FTD).  The BH407 analog cockpit is capable of simulating normal and emergency operating conditions, allowing pilots to train for any situation. Helicopter Flight...