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...

3D-printed tracheobronchial tree models compared favorably against other more standard models in training pulmonary physicians to perform bronchoscopy, researchers have found. The study compared the two models based on realism, accuracy, look and feel, and overall usefulness as a teaching tool. Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston,...

Eliot Grigg, MD, hypothesizes on the decentralization of health care and the use of big data to predict epidemic outbreaks. Eliot Grigg, MD, discusses the evolving role of hospitals, doctors and patients through the use of technology and meaningful data collection. Ever since the valetudinaria (hospital precursors) of Ancient Rome,...

Jeremy Kooyman discusses the importance of usability in the design and use of medical devices. In light of the FDA’s panel meeting in late summer on challenges and opportunities in the development of medical devices, Jeremy Kooyman, MASc, stresses usability and surgeon involvement in the design process. There are a...

Aaron Dix and co-authors describe their study to improve Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest for EMTs. Aaron Dix, MBA, EMT, Marty Lutz, MD and Callie Heyne, MHA candidate examine the use of simulation to improve OHCA in the Greenville, South Carolina EMS System. Sudden non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is...

New trauma care training gets patients to imaging tests quicker and also involves former trauma patients and families who provide feedback to caregivers. When a trauma patient enters the emergency room, the medical team has what is known as the "golden hour," a window of time to evaluate and stabilize...

When surgical residents need to practice a complicated procedure to fashion a new ear for children without one, they typically get a bar of soap, carrot or an apple. To treat children with a missing or under-developed ear, experienced surgeons harvest pieces of rib cartilage from the child and carve...

Educators are heeding the call for more interprofessional learning opportunities, where medical, nursing and pharmacy students and other members of the healthcare team learn from and with each other. “We’re trying to improve the amount of teamwork and make it more realistic with what they are going to experience in...