Conquer Mobile today announced that the company won a key award at IMSH, the leading event for the healthcare simulation industry, in Orlando last week. The IMSH Serious Games and Virtual Environments (SG/VE) Showcase brought together 33 participants demonstrating innovative simulation training solutions for healthcare with users, clinicians, educators and...
A £95m package to support a range of education and training programmes for healthcare professionals in Wales, has been unveiled by the Welsh Government. The money will help nurses, physiotherapists and radiographers, and provide a range of health science training opportunities. The Welsh Government says it will enable more...
Reinhardt University is launching the first Bachelor of Science in Nursing program to be offered in Cherokee County. Quality healthcare providers always are in demand, and according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, more than 79 percent of employers are requiring or expressing strong preference for nurses with...
There were more than 40 people listening to Danville Life Saving Crew executive director Tommy Pruett explain what plethysmography and capnography mean on Friday morning. It was part of his instruction on vital signs for the first day of the fifth annual Super C.E. weekend, held on the first weekend...
Bridaija Jones, 18, sees herself as an anesthesiologist one day. Saeed Amaya, 17, has a goal of becoming a cardiologist. Both might begin their medical careers in the back of an ambulance, and a unique high school course could result in them getting licensed as emergency medical technicians after graduation.
The Health Innovation Technology and Simulation Lab in UT's College of Nursing has received provisional accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Known as the HITS Lab, the facility is an interactive educational space for health professional students and an innovative test-bed for the development of new health technology. “I...
An Italian research university has adopted Stratasys ’ 3D printing technology to enhance its teaching and planning of surgical practices. For years, the University of Pavia relied solely on the skill and judgement of its surgeons, but the emergence of 3D technology has seen the school embrace new methods. Using the Objet30 Pro 3D Printer, the...
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) is partnering with the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City (UMP-HCM) and Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine (PNT UOM) to advance medical training and education in Vietnam. As part of the partnership, TTUHSC El...
With exploding chronic disease incidences and expanding geriatric population worldwide, the medical and healthcare domains are consistently on their toes. Technological innovation has come a long way in delivering better, improved healthcare over the years. Currently, advanced electronic wearable medical devices are proliferating at a rapid pace only to enhance...
On Jan. 31, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill announced that it will cease the use of live animals in its emergency medicine training program, according to an e-mail sent to the Physicians Committee. The university’s program joins the vast majority of emergency medicine residency programs in...