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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The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) announced that Dr. Suzanne Bakken is the recipient of the 2019 IMIA François Grémy Award of Excellence. IMIA is honoured to recognize the long-lasting contributions Dr. Bakken made through her research, education, development, and application of biomedical and nursing informatics and for her... 19 June 2019
A total of 38 percent fewer complications occurred in cataract operations performed by residents if they had trained on the Eyesi Surgical virtual reality (VR) simulator during their ophthalmic training. That is the result of a study currently published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, which investigated the effect... 19 June 2019
CAE USA has been awarded a contract to provide classroom and simulator training for United States Navy UC-12 aircrews. Training will be delivered at the CAE Dothan Training Center in Dothan, Alabama, in addition to CAE training centers in Dallas, Texas, and Morristown, New Jersey. The UC-12 is a... 19 June 2019
Lufthansa has equipped all long–haul aircraft with the mobile ECG (Electrocardiogram) system CardioSecur. In case of on-board medical emergencies, the compact, intuitive system will allow flight attendants without cardiological expertise to record an ECG for passengers and send the test results directly to a medical hotline on the ground. 19 June 2019
Lufthansa has equipped all long–haul aircraft with the mobile ECG (Electrocardiogram) system CardioSecur. In case of on-board medical emergencies, the compact, intuitive system will allow flight attendants without cardiological expertise to record an ECG for passengers and send the test results directly to a medical hotline on the ground. 19 June 2019
SkyArt has signed a contract with Arabian Training Center to build and install an A320 Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer (CEET) device in Muscat, Oman. The device will be the first A320 CEET device in Oman and will be equipped with a main door single lane slide, an off-wing dual... 18 June 2019
CAE announced the names of the first three winners of its 2019 CAE Women in Flight scholarship program. CAE’s new Women in Flight ambassadors will help drive awareness and promote the pilot profession among women, as well as diversity in aviation. Over the next decade, CAE expects the civil... 18 June 2019
MPS has installed its Centaur FNPT-II/MCC simulator at Aviomar Flight Academy in Rome Italy. The simulator has been certified by the Italian CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) and will be used by Aviomar for APS (Airline Pilot Standard) and MCC (Multi-Crew Cooperation) training. 18 June 2019
Out of over 400 EdTech Award applicants, SonoSim Inc. was named as a top five finalist in the Professional Skills Solution Category for its ultrasound training technology. The EdTech Awards recognize companies and individuals who make transformative contributions in education technology. “As medicine evolves through new discoveries and innovations,... 18 June 2019
The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) announced that Laura Roberts, MD, MA, has been named the next editor-in-chief of Academic Medicine, one of its peer-reviewed, scholarly journals. She will succeed David Sklar, MD, a distinguished professor emeritus of emergency medicine at the University of New Mexico School of... 18 June 2019
