Fuad Moussa, MD, MSc, MMEd, FRCSC, FACS, FCCP discusses how he designed a curriculum to teach off-pump coronary bypass surgery to new surgeons.

The Halldale Team has attended a number of medical conferences in varied locations during the past few months. While each conference had a different theme/s, different program and different international speakers they were all ultimately focused on patient care and safety.

Dr. Rajesh Aggarwal, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, UK, describes and discusses how healthcare professionals utilize simulation for practice an assessment of technical skills and procedures to enhance competency, improve transfer of knowledge, surgical performance and patient safety.

Yuri Millo, M.D. and  Pamela Leonard describe the advancements in their latest simulation center to better meet learner needs. This past June (2011), we at Simulation and Training Environment Lab (SiTEL) of Medstar Health opened our newest Clinical Simulation Center, CSC DC, located at 4000 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C.