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...
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...
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”...
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...
MedStar Health is working with a Bethesda-based tech startup firm, Mytonomy, to pioneer a new approach to patient education that delivers individualized instruction through a microlearning software platform that can be accessed from anywhere via the internet. Based on a successful pilot with interventional cardiology patients at MedStar Washington Hospital...
Stanford University School of Medicine will begin offering a master of science physician assistant program designed to train physician assistants as both clinicians and future leaders in health care. The program will start in the fall of 2017, and applications to be considered for the inaugural class are due November...
Education Management Solutions, LLC (EMS), a provider of integrated audio-video and simulation management technologies, congratulates the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Simulation Learning Education and Research Network (SimLEARN) Program on the opening of the new National Simulation Center near Orlando, at Lake Nona, Florida. The 51,000-square-foot SimLEARN facility provides an immersive...