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AMEC introduces airway management education program

Airway Management Education Center (AMEC) has introduced Airway Manager: Emergency, the newest educational experience from the creators of The Difficult Airway Course. Airway Manager: Emergency on NEJM Knowledge+ is an online learning program that combines airway management education with adaptive learning technology. The adaptive learning platform uses smart technology... 17 April 2019

CPSI hosts two new webinars

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) invites you to join two new webinars addressing several topics on patient safety in the healthcare system. Collaboration for Transformation: Patients as Partners Driving Patient Safety Improvement Tuesday, April 16 1:00 to 2:15 PM MDT At the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies... 17 April 2019

USF health faculty participates in poverty simulation

Health care is not defined solely by what happens in the emergency room or the doctor’s office. Patients bring with them their illnesses and their chronic conditions, but they also bring the barriers they face throughout their lives that can influence or even compromise their care. This is especially true for people in poverty... 17 April 2019

Annual Safar Symposium

WISER, in collaboration with the Safar Center at the University of Pittsburgh, are pleased to provide you with an opportunity to join the Annual Safar Symposium on April 23, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendees can spend the full day with WISER, enjoying engaging lectures in the morning and interactive... 17 April 2019

Friday Night at the ER workshop

Breakthrough Learning Founder and Senior Educator Bette Gardner is hosting an all-industry experiential learning workshop featuring the company’s tabletop simulation, Friday Night at the ER, on May 23-24, 2019, near Washington DC (Tysons Corner). Attendees can learn to move from silo thinking to systems thinking, and discover how to... 17 April 2019

Patient-led PFPSC helps patient safety globally

The World Health Organization (WHO) made patient engagement a priority in 2005 by creating the Patients for Patient Safety (PFPS) Programme and launching a global network of PFPS Champions committed to the vision and pledge for partnership described in the London Declaration "to make care as safe as possible... 17 April 2019

Johnson & Johnson, Children’s National launch JLABS @ Washington, DC

Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC and Children’s National Health System (Children’s National) are collaborating to launch JLABS @ Washington, DC – a 32,000-square foot facility to be located at the new Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus in Washington, D.C. This Children’s National expansion is set on a nearly... 17 April 2019

Precision OS, universities partner for VR orthopedic surgery training

Precision OS has partnered with 10 North American universities and medical institutions to bring their high-fidelity Virtual Reality (VR) orthopedic surgery training platform into the surgical classroom. The Precision OS platform simulates operating room experiences, from the virtual tools used to the patient anatomy. This is reinforced with user-specific... 17 April 2019

FlightSafety expands Sikorsky S-70 training program

FlightSafety International announced a significant expansion of the training programs it offers for the Sikorsky S-70 helicopter. FlightSafety now offers FAA-approved IFR training in a Sikorsky S-70 Level D qualified simulator. This includes unrestricted S-70 type rating and ATP courses as well as a 61.58 pilot in command proficiency... 17 April 2019

FlightSafety expands Sikorsky S-70 training program

FlightSafety integrates mixed reality, VITAL 1100

FlightSafety International has developed technology that integrates its mixed reality and VITAL 1100 Visual Systems into Cockpit Procedures Trainers (CPTs). FlightSafety is demonstrating this approach at the 2019 Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit (AAAA) in Nashville, Tennessee. “Integrating FlightSafety’s immersive mixed reality capability and VITAL 1100 Visual System will... 16 April 2019

FlightSafety integrates mixed reality, VITAL 1100