Amanda Towner
Amanda Towner writes news articles for the Halldale Group’s website as well as CAT and MST Magazines. She studied English and Creative Writing at Stetson University, where she became a Sullivan Scholar for her work. Her writing covers several topics including journalism and storytelling, and is featured in several publications.
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Laerdal Medical and B-Line Medical announced Laerdal Medical’s acquisition of B-Line Medical. Building on an initial partnership signed in the fall of 2018, this acquisition will accelerate and expand the integration and scope of their product lines. With the acquisition, B-Line Medical will become part of the global Laerdal... 17 July 2019
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent 10,354,559 for SynDaver’s cricothyroidotomy (Cric) and nasogastric (NG) tube simulation device. The patent covers the design and manufacturing of SynDaver’s Adult Cric Trainer, which is a realistic surgical and procedural training platform for cricothyrotomy. The device is a multi-use... 17 July 2019
CEO Michael Wallace and Dr. Jack Pottle in front of 10 Downing Street Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS) was invited to Number 10 Downing Street in recognition of its work to improve care for people with diabetes. The NHS England diabetes team are working with Oxford Medical Simulation to train... 17 July 2019
OSF HealthCare and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s (U of I) Grainger College of Engineering are growing their partnership to create the future of community wellness and health care by harnessing creativity and applying it to social and behavioral health problems, many of which are key to improving... 17 July 2019
Miami Dade College (MDC) opened its new Center for Learning, Innovation and Simulation, a state-of-the-art facility designed to provide students with the training needed to excel in today’s fast-changing health care industry. The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place July 16, at the Medical Campus in the heart of Miami’s Health... 17 July 2019
Central Michigan University’s (CMU) College of Medicine is expanding its footprint into southwest Michigan through a new affiliation with Spectrum Health Lakeland. College of Medicine students now will be able to complete their clinical rotations at Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph and Lakeland Hospital Niles, along with other... 17 July 2019
The partnership will involve Mission Room supplying technology to enable NTAR to capture 360-degree videos of real world situations, produce immersive training media, and let students experience this in a 3-meter cube Mission Room Arena system. 16 July 2019
Education Management Solutions LLC (EMS) announced a groundbreaking new virtual gaming platform for pharmacy and clinical therapeutics education. Developed in partnership with Professor Stephen Duffull of the University of Otago School of Pharmacy, New Zealand, SimPHARM gives pharmacy, medical and nursing schools the framework they need to help students... 16 July 2019
Systematic has developed an innovative e-learning programme to assist customers in training their SitaWare Headquarters users. The e-learning course is designed to enable self-paced and distributed training to take place, permitting a soldier to learn in environments as varied as the comfort of their own home, on base, or... 16 July 2019
Frasca International Inc. has logged several simulator sales to customers in China within the last several months. Recent orders include a KingAir C90 Level 5 Flight Training Device (FTD) for the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) located in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China. The FTD will be used... 16 July 2019
