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Titan Medical Inc., a medical device company, entered a partnership with Columbia University Medical center for preclinical feasibility and validation studies on Titan Medical’s SPORT Surgical System. Titan will install the system at Columbia’s simulation training facility in New York City early in 2018; it will be the second installation...   1 November 2017
UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco have recently been acknowledged for their excellence in nursing as well as their quality of patient care and innovations in professional nursing practice. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) awarded UCSF the prestigious Magnet Recognition designation, the highest level of...   1 November 2017
In an attempt to help students develop certain strategies and learn how to take care of both themselves and their patients by, physically and emotionally, the George Washington University School of Nursing has launched a new student support system. Faculty member took notice of how emotionally draining nursing school was...   31 October 2017
Dublin, Ireland has just become home to a state-of-the-art €80 million facility for educating and training medical professionals. The Royal College of Surgeons opened this new ten story building on York Street, making it the largest, most modern facility in all of Europe and one of the top five in...   30 October 2017
With the mindset of improving their expertise, Doctors at the University of Connecticut are using 3-D printing technology to get hands-on training to practice delicate brain surgery. David Brotmann, a medical physicist, came up with an idea of using 3-D printing technology to practice a procedure to treat strokes, referred...   30 October 2017
A recent study from Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, highlights the need for further education among resident physicians in the use of medical cannabis. It found 38% of resident physicians thought medical marijuana was a prescribed substance, while 78% did not know into what category medical...   27 October 2017
The very first graduating class from the Navy's Hospital Corps "A" School has begun follow-on training. The school updated their curriculum with a new training regimen under new Navy Surgeon General (SG) Initiative, the Hospital Corpsman (HM) Clinical Trauma Experience Proof of Concept course The HM "A" School implemented the...   27 October 2017
The global surgical implant company, RTI Surgical Inc., has recently announced the launch of their Fortilink-C IBF System with TERTAfuse® 3D Technology. The Fortilink-C system will be the first device of the RTI Surgical's devices to incorporate their TETRAfuse 3-D technology. Fortilink-C IBF System with TERTAfuse® 3D Technology "TETRAfuse 3D...   26 October 2017
A study that used noninvasive brain imaging to evaluate brain activity found that simulator-trained medical students successfully transferred those skills to operating on cadavers and were faster than peers who had no simulator training. Results of the study, led by Arun Nemani, MS, a PhD candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...   26 October 2017
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is when people at very high risk for HIV take HIV medicines daily to lower their chances of getting infected. PrEP is highly effective in preventing HIV if used consistently when prescribed. Despite the benefits of PrEP for high risk patients, medical students are largely undereducated on...   19 October 2017
With the help of the taxpayers and a new simulation center, Florida State College in Jacksonville is hoping to help fill the Florida nurse shortage. Florida State College’s North Campus in Jacksonville has recently inaugurated their newest Medical Simulation Center. The Florida $2.2 milion appropriation paid for a new simulation...   17 October 2017
King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia launched a four-day Advanced Medical Simulation Trainers Course that will be taught by medical simulation trainers from the Center for Medical Simulation (CMS). The course is for trainers in various medical fields, from a number of hospitals in Riyadh. Medical simulation training...   16 October 2017
Temple University’s School of Podiatric Medicine is bringing some innovation to their student’s medical education with their new simulation center. Students will now be able to train through real-life scenarios, practice patient interactions and receive immediate feedback from educators and faculty members. School of Podiatric Medicine Simulation Center The simulation...   16 October 2017
BMT secured funding through the Defence and Security Accelerator, a UK research fund offering millions of pounds to projects for the Ministry of Defence, to build a prototype Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) that will allow a team of responders to remotely assess a scene for hazardous materials and predict the likely impact.   13 October 2017
Spectrum Health, a nonprofit health system in Grand Rapids, Michigan, opened a 2,700-square-foot cardiac education simulation center. The Jacob and Lois MoI Cardiovascular Simulation Center will be used to train healthcare professionals, surgeons, and physicians in real-life scenarios for procedures such as heart catheter and vascular surgical interventions. Dr. Robert...   13 October 2017
Since January 2016, nearly 800 University of Massachusetts (UMass) Medical School medical and graduate nursing students, residents and fellows have completed the school’s Opioid Safe-prescribing Training Immersion (OSTI) program. opioid safe prescribing curriculum The initiative is a model for cross-institutional partnership to address a public health emergency in real time,...   5 October 2017
The state of Qatar is making quality and safety a top priority for the development of their healthcare system. According to the Qatar’s Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari, the Qatar National Vision 2030 will emphasize on the development of a healthcare system. The healthcare system will provide...   4 October 2017
Healthcare facilities and hospitals nationwide are frequently faced by workplace injuries which ultimately lead to many clinical and financial consequences. According to a survey conducted by the American Nurses Association (ANA) in 2011, 62 percent of nurses were concerned of facing a disabling musculoskeletal injury, surpassing the deat of contracting...   2 October 2017
With the help of Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Maxim Healthcare Services will be offering a new online training program for nurses.   2 October 2017
The University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa broke ground on the new home for its Morsani College of Medicine and USF Health Heart Institute, a cardiovascular research institute to pioneer new discoveries for heart health. USF Medical School The new building is part of a $3 billion redevelopment project...   26 September 2017