Years ago doctors made house calls. If you were sick, you contacted your doctor and he/she saw you at home and prescribed whatever was needed for your illness. They had office hours but would actually visit in the evening or after hours. In a way, doctors are again making house...
An analysis of the results of more than 16,000 brain and spine surgeries suggests patients have nothing to fear from having residents -- physicians-in-training -- assist in those operations. The contributions of residents, who work under the supervision and alongside senior physicians, do nothing to increase patients' risks of postoperative...
“evolution can progress more productively when education and training are updated to reflect the technology that is being implemented in medical practice”. The articles in this issue deal with new technologies or how new technologies may be used to enhance education and training. Technological advances are rapid and continuous. As...
This is the fourth episode in a Bits video series, called Robotica, examining how robots are poised to change the way we do business and conduct our daily lives. Can a robotic teddy bear help alleviate anxiety, pain and isolation for children in a hospital? That is the hope of...
Editor in Chief Judith Riess reports from the 2014 SESAM conference. SESAM is dedicated to support the use of simulation in healthcare for training and research, through projects, through its newsletter, through its affiliation and partnerships with simulation users, other simulation associations and partnerships with companies who build devices and...
Ali Alkhulaif, MD, Ian Julie, MD, Joseph Barton, MD, MHMS, FACEP, Erin Nagle, Pharm D, BCPS, and Aubrey Yao, MD discuss how interdisciplinary team in situ simulation in a real patient care setting is a valuable tool to identify needs and to promote effective communication, technical skills and process improvement...
Doctors Massé, Godbout and Isler discuss how students in orthopedic surgery in Montreal, Canada will test their skills before entering the Operating Room (OR) Vincent Massé MD, FRCSC Fellow, Véronique Godbout MD, FRCSC, MA Med.Ed., Dip. Sport Med. and Marc Isler MD, FRCSC, report. Virtual simulation has long been used...
Claire Topal examines the intersection between the ways technology, society and medical education are shifting, distilling a selection of modern challenges and opportunities for medical education in the 21st century and the physicians of the future. Claire Topal, MA, AB highlights perspectives from six physicians at different stages of their...
A computer simulation, or 'in silica' model, of the body's inflammatory response to traumatic injury accurately replicated known individual outcomes and predicted population results counter to expectations, according to a study. Traumatic injury is a major health care problem worldwide. Trauma induces acute inflammation in the body with the recruitment...