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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Every year the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) identifies the most influential advocates in patient safety and honors them with the Humanitarian Award at the annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit. This award recognizes leaders who have made significant progress in eliminating preventable patient deaths so that... 15 November 2019
SimGHOSTS 2019 had the largest attendance for their event and is destined to continue to grow. Editor Judith Riess reports. This year’s SimGHOSTS meeting held at Florida International University (FIU) Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences was one of the largest they have had with 270 attendees... 15 November 2019
Clinical skills are the ‘touchpoint’ of any health service and are “any direct measurable actions undertaken by health care practitioners with patients" (Cachia 2008). They are key to the delivery of high quality, personalised care. Dr. Jean Ker, Dr. Andrea Baker, Dr. Michael Moneypenny and Lynne Hardie report. One... 15 November 2019
CAE has signed a long-term exclusive training agreement with easyJet to train 1,000 new easyJet cadet pilots on a Multi-Crew Pilot licence (MPL) programme. CAE will also provide Airbus 320 type rating training and place graduates of CAE’s Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) programme with easyJet. Selected cadets... 14 November 2019
Millions of registered nurses face growing pressures on their professional and personal lives in the new decade due to increased demand for services, nursing shortages, and structural changes in the healthcare industry, according to a newly released survey of nearly 20,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) by AMN Healthcare. The survey,... 14 November 2019
Cubic Corporation’s Cubic Global Defense business division has been awarded a P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) contract by the United States Air Force (USAF). The order includes additional P5CTS airborne subsystems (pods) for the USAF plus pods and associated ground subsystems for a foreign military sales (FMS) customer. The... 14 November 2019
Captain Tim Hill of Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD), along with the Interim President of the University of Central Florida Dr. Thad Seymour, hosted a Plane Naming Ceremony in honor of all the years of dedicated service that Dr. Holsenbeck has invested in growing the Modeling,... 14 November 2019
J.F. Taylor Inc. won a $109.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that provides for the development of simulation systems and software to support training activities as well as acquisition development and lifecycle support for the Integrated Battlespace Simulation and Test Department, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division 5.4.3,... 14 November 2019
Area9 Lyceum has signed a partnership agreement in the Netherlands with EMC Performance to improve business results through continuous improved human performance. Under the agreement, EMC Performance has rights to distribute Area9 Rhapsode, the fourth-generation adaptive learning platform, across The Netherlands. The Area9 Rhapsode Learner interface and all learning content... 13 November 2019
Flight Options Flight Academy has placed an order for a Frasca Piper Seminole RTD (reconfigurable training device). The RTD is an FAA approved AATD and has also received Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) approval as a category B synthetic trainer. The device will be configured as a Piper... 13 November 2019
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