Halldale Publisher and CEO Andy Smith, places into context his insights gained from several decades of watching the civil aviation sector achieve unprecedented levels of safety. The Herculean advancements in civil aviation safety may be tailored to and replicated by the healthcare industry.            Career- long learning is well established...

Thomas S. Lendvay, MD, FACS reports on how virtual reality, robotic pre-surgical rehearsal improves performance and reduces errors in both surgical trainees and experienced surgeons. Demonstration of our set-up in the ISIS simulation center with the da Vinci. Tasks are affixed to acrylic plates so that the orientation of the...

Editor, Judith Riess visited Billings Clinic and discussed with Dr. Mark Rumans the hospital’s approach to reducing MRSA. Experimental learning makes the invisible become visible. Here, chocolate pudding is used to show how germs spread. Image Credit: Julie Burton/ Billings Clinic Millions of people are suffering from hospital acquired infections.

Will Enfinger, Gavin Gardner and Carole Durant from the U.S. Air Force, provide details on how the TeamSTEPPS™ program, and its simulation underpinning, help improve patient safety.   Members of the ER respond to a TeamSTEPPS/Mock Code Blue scenario. Image Credit: Will Enfinger Members of the ER respond to a...

In the first of three articles of particular interest to program administrators, Jane Kleinman, RN, MAOM, and Jeff Myers, MD, provide seven compelling questions that should be considered prior to implementing any simulation project. Taking the right action at the right time for the right reason in the right way...

In the second in a series of articles on medical simulation centers, Group Editor Marty Kauchak explores developments in the technologies used by these facilities’ learners. One End User’s Insights The burgeoning number of medical simulation centers around the world supports nothing less than a transformation in the healthcare community’s...

Using computational techniques, researchers have shown how a protein responsible for the maturation of the virus releases itself to initiate infection. Bioinformaticians at IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) and UPF (Pompeu Fabra University) have used molecular simulation techniques to explain a specific step in the maturation of the...

In this first year of MEdSim we have highlighted changes in medical school curriculum; discussed best practices in hospitals to reduce cost and reduce infections; highlighted association goals gleaned from conferences and articles for transforming  healthcare; discussed how to measure competency and the use of simulation as an evaluation as...

Edgar J. Figueredo M.D., Mika N. Sinanan M.D., Ph.D., Vanessa Makarewicz RN, MN, Sara Kim, Ph.D., and Andrew S. Wright M.D., discuss a three-part plan to improve patient safety surrounding Central Venous Catheterization at the Institute for Simulation and Interprofessional Studies (ISIS), University of Washington. Central Venous Catheterization (CVC) is...

John J. Schaefer, III, M.D., the Director of Medical University of South Carolina(MUSC)Simulation, describes the members’ successes in increasing simulation usage in that state.   The partners of HealthCare Simulation of South Carolina have increased the annual rate of simulation usage 20-fold in that state, reports  John J. Schaefer, III, M.D.,...