A new £5 million optometry and clinical skills centre officially opened at the University of West England (UWE) Bristol's Glenside campus. The new centre provides modern teaching and learning spaces for trainee paramedics, occupational therapy students, nurses and undergraduates studying the new BSc (Hons) Optometry programme, the only course of...
EOS imaging (EOSI), a pioneer in 2D/3D orthopedic medical imaging, presented its EOSapps solution with particular focus on hipEOS 3.0 online surgical planning software at the French Society of Orthopedic and Traumatological Surgery (SOFCOT) Congress. The congress program included the symposium: "Planning, Executing, Evaluating the Total Hip Arthproplasty: EOS...
The Halldale Group in association with the European Training and Simulation Association (ETSA) will host the first Simulation & Training for Resilience and Safety Symposium (STRSS) March 26-27,2019 in London, UK. Safety-critical industries such as energy and power, medical, transport, defence, construction and first response are experienced in exploiting simulation...
Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) will highlight cockpit capabilities and future upgrades to the CH-47F Chinook at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando on November 26 – 30. The company was selected this year to design maintenance programs and upgrades for the aircraft by the...
CM Labs Simulations announced the release of Vortex ® Studio 2018c, the latest version of its unified simulation and visualisation platform for the training and virtual prototyping of land and sea equipment. Expanding on the physics and dynamics that CM Labs is known for, Vortex Studio 2018c features upgraded...
Building on its work over the past five years to reinvent the way future physicians are trained, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced a new $15 million competitive grant initiative aimed at significantly improving residency training. Through the new AMA “Reimagining Residency” initiative, the AMA will work toward better aligning...
The Baptist Health – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Education Program is now recruiting residents for two residency programs set to launch next summer in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine. The three-year programs, which train up to 12 residents per year in each as part of a...
BrightStar Care Salt Lake City, a home care agency providing Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care and training in Utah, expanded its training services to provide the Virtual Dementia Tour® (VDT), a dementia simulation for caregivers and health care professionals. The training provides hands-on experience and an unparalleled understanding of...
During a mock terrorist attack emergency response workshop at the annual EMS World Expo, Gaumard's Trauma HAL® S3040.100, what the company says is the first robotic patient simulator designed for CBRNe (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive) response training, was used to simulate victims of a large-scale...
Ryan Aerospace delivered three virtual-reality helicopter simulators to the Royal Australian Navy at HMAS Albatross, in Nowra, NSW Australia. The three simulators will be used by the Fleet Air Arm’s Naval Aviation Prospects Scheme as an engagement tool to attract aspiring aircrew to join the Royal Australian Navy. Managing Director...