The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and CAE Healthcare launched the second course for Anesthesia SimSTAT, their interactive, screen-based simulation training product. The new course, Anesthesia SimSTAT – Appendectomy, is designed to provide physician anesthesiologists with advanced training to manage challenging anesthetic emergencies in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgeries for acute...
Charles River Analytics won a $1.5 million U.S. Army contract to develop a medical simulation and tutorial platform to improve its medical training and patient care. Charles River is partnering with Professor Frank Ritter and Dr. Chris Garrison of Pennsylvania State University (PSU) to build a Virtual Intelligent Tutor for...
Robot-assisted surgery has become standard of care in many specialties. According to the Intuitive Surgical Annual report, 877,000 robot-assisted procedures of various types were performed across the United States in 2017 – but a University of Virginia (UVA) study based on reports made to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
The University of Pittsburgh’s Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER) is hosting an “Advancing Your Nursing Career Through Simulation” symposium June 1 and 2, 2018. The event will include plenary speakers, panel presentations, facilitated interactive sessions and workshops and will count as nine CNE credits and...
Physicians’ Education Resource ®, a provider of live and online continuing medical education (CME) activities on oncology and hematology, acquired the Winter Lung Cancer Conference™, it says, as part of its commitment to provide impactful, live continuing medical education programs. As a result, the 2019 upcoming 16th Annual Winter Lung...
B&G Educational Innovations (BGEI), a manufacturer of wearable clinical simulation devices for healthcare and veterinary training, joined more than 20 other Florida businesses who traveled to Costa Rica as part of a four-day trade mission that was a joint effort of Enterprise Florida Inc. (EFI) and the U.S. Commercial Service...
A new report published by Allied Market Research titled "Medical Simulation Market by Product & Service, Fidelity, and End User: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2017-2023, says the global medical simulation market is estimated to grow exponentially in the next few years. In 2016, it was valued at $986...
A unique emergency room in San Diego, California will be inundated with trauma casualties and very sick people requiring surgery May 1-4, and second year medical students will be those performing surgeries. The simulated trauma scenarios will result from overturned cars, active shooters, a high-rise fire and improvised explosive devices. Real...
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Research Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida is expanding its medical simulation center to a new 13,000-square-foot space in its Research and Innovation Building that will open in September. The research and education building will be a center for pediatric education, training and research. Construction began in 2016...
A new simulation system at William Beaumont Army Medical Center's Labor and Delivery Department (WBAMC's L&D) aims to improve patient care and safety through training simulations for OB-GYN emergencies. Medical manikins capable of birthing infant manikins are being used to support staff conducting neonatal resuscitation training. The simulator follows standardized guidelines...