Michigan Instruments upgraded its PneuView 3 software that is used with the PneuView 3 Lung Simulation System it introduced in 2015. The new Version 3.1 software offers several new capabilities and improvements to the user interface, based on user feedback and suggestions, according to James Maatman, Michigan Instruments President. Updates...
Physicians at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) developed a new way to fabricate artificial organs and human anatomy that mimics the real thing, even up to the point of bleeding when cut. These models can create highly realistic simulations for training and could soon be widely used to...
Patient Care and Patient Safety are Top Priorities for General Surgery Residents Who Choose to Work Additional Hours Under Flexible Schedules FIRST Trial survey results find that many residents selectively work more hours to facilitate care transitions, stabilize critically ill patients, and other important reasons. CHICAGO (November 21, 2016): U.S.
The U.S. rheumatology workforce is in jeopardy of a serious decline, and help with graduate medical education funding – along with other incentives to pursue rheumatology training – could provide relief, according to research findings presented last week at the 2016 American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ACR/ARHP) Annual...
HTE correspondent Marty Kauchak highlights opportunities to support the Pentagon’s quest for medical learning innovation. After more than 15 years of combat in Afghanistan and another concurrent 13 years of warfare in Iraq, the US Defense Department is stepping up its efforts to improve and advance learning technologies for its...
As the U.S. health care system moves toward value-based care, the American Medical Association (AMA) says medical schools must adapt their curricula so that in addition to the basic and clinical scientific knowledge, students also learn how patients access and receive health care. A new textbook – “Health Systems Science”...
HTE correspondent Marty Kauchak provides details of one of the community’s newest simulation facilities. It’s been an eventful two months at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City. This September, the hospital celebrated its 100th anniversary. And this October, the general medical and surgical hospital opened the new Simulation Center...
American College of Surgeons Commits to Preventing 30,000 Trauma Deaths per Year Trauma leaders and experts at the 2016 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) committed to work with partners to achieve zero preventable military and civilian deaths from trauma. Reaching that goal, established in a June...
The American Medical Association (AMA) convened leaders from 32 innovative medical schools from across the country taking part in its Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium to reshape medical education. The Consortium members met to continue group’s work in ensuring future physicians are prepared to care for patients in evolving...