CAE USA won a U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract to provide comprehensive C-130H aircrew training services at the formal training unit for U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard C-130H training that is based at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB) in Arkansas, as well as other C-130H...
QuantaDyn Corporation delivered the latest production Air National Guard Advanced Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Training System (AAJTS) device for the USAF Air National Guard AAJTS contract. This device was delivered to the 138th Combat Training Flight (CTF) at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, OK, and...
A case study by an international team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins Medicine, published online in Academic Medicine, looked at what prevented employees from raising patient-safety concerns and identifies measures to help healthcare organizations encourage employees to speak up. It recommends a systematic...
Titan Medical Inc., a device company focused on a robotic surgical system for application in single-port minimally invasive surgery (“MIS”) and Mimic Technologies Inc. (“Mimic”), a provider of robotic simulation equipment, completed the core surgical skills simulation modules for use with Titan’s SPORT Surgical System surgeon workstation. The successful...
Uganda Christian University (UCU) opened the new UCU School of Medicine (UCUSoM) in Namirembe. The first class of 62 students – 35 female and 27 male students was admitted after the school was accredited by the National Council of Higher Education (NCHE). Uganda Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said...
Frasca International was named sub-contractor for the U.S. Navy TH-57 Aircrew Training Services (ATS) Contract. The prime contract, awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) to FlightSafety Services Corporation includes contract instructional services (CIS), contractor operations & maintenance services (COMS) and Flight Simulation Training Devices (FSTDs)...
The University of Newcastle’s Laureate Professor Nick Talley and Conjoint Senior Lecturer Dr Simon O’Connor were recognized for their work in medical education at the British Medical Association (BMA) Medical Book Awards 2018. Taking out first prize in the Medicine category for their Talley & O’Connor’s Clinical Examination 8th edition,...
Leonardo plans to purchase 98.54% of Vitrociset, of which Leonardo currently holds a 1.46% stake. Vitrociset, based in Italy, offers specialized services and solutions for systems in the fields of Defense and Security, Space, Transport and Critical Infrastructures in Italy. Leonardo says the purchase will help strengthen its Services...
In a proof of concept study, scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have successfully performed 3D personalized virtual simulations of the heart to accurately identify where cardiac specialists should electrically destroy cardiac tissue to stop potentially fatal irregular and rapid heartbeats in patients with scarring in the heart. The retrospective...
PBS will air a new film by Ken Burns, THE MAYO CLINIC: FAITH – HOPE – SCIENCE, on September 25, 2019 at 9 p.m. ET and again on the 26th at 10 p.m. in the United States. The two-hour documentary tells the story of how a doctor and his sons...