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More than 60 medical schools across the United States were recognized by the White House this week for pledging to teach medical students about the dangers of prescribing opioids to patients for pain. The pledge confirms participating medical schools will include new guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control... 1 April 2016
The American Academy of Pediatrics says federal funding for graduate medical education (GME) needs to be increased to help address the shortage of pediatric specialists, in a newly updated American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement. The “Financing Graduate Medical Education to Meet the Needs of Children and the Future... 31 March 2016
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Wales launched a new nursing education strategy called “The Future of Nursing Education in Wales: Education Strategy 2016”, saying the next generation of nurses needs an education that will give them the intellectual skills of problem-solving, clinical decision making, professional judgment, and research appraisal... 31 March 2016
The Maryland Board of Nursing gave Kaplan University approval to offer its nurse practitioner programs – Adult Gerontology and Family, Post Masters, and Masters – to students in Maryland. The approval allows Kaplan University (KU) Maryland and its campuses in Hagerstown and Rockville to begin enrolling prospective students in the... 30 March 2016
Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington acquired a SynDaver artificial cadaver as a teaching tool to add realism to its anatomy and physiology classes – a required class for its pre-nursing students. The SynDaver features synthetic human tissues and body parts. It has hundreds of replaceable muscles, bones, organs,... 30 March 2016
Sacred Heart Health System and the University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine are collaborating to operate physician residency programs in Pensacola, Florida to train medical school graduates specializing in pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology. Sacred Heart has operated residency programs in pediatrics as well as obstetrics and gynecology since... 30 March 2016
Marshall B. Ketchum University in Fullerton, California invested in new simulation equipment as the school evolves into an interprofessional institution. Previously offering just optometry education, the school recently added a Physician Assistant program and is in the midst of accreditation reviews for the Pharmacy program it hopes to add this... 30 March 2016
Riverside Community Hospital accepted 25 residents as the inaugural cohort for its new Riverside Community Hospital/University of California (UC) Riverside School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program. The residents’ names were announced during the annual Match Day event, when graduating medical students learn where they will be spending the next... 29 March 2016
The National Healthcare Group (NHG), Serious Games Association (SGA) and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) signed a Memorandum of Intent to collaborate on applying serious gaming technology within the healthcare industry and launched its first effort: a national competition in Singapore called the Health Innovation Technology Challenge. The Challenge... 29 March 2016
Remote Medical International® (RMI) in Seattle, Washington, a provider of remote medical training and medical support services, is expanding its training offering to provide some courses in a hybrid virtual and traditional classroom format. The addition of the new virtual and physical classroom hybrid model means RMI students will be able... 28 March 2016
Epsom and St Helier hospitals in the United Kingdom opened a new £100,000 simulation training centre to let doctors and nurses hone their skills and test their reactions during life or death situations. The centre has a collection of six simulation manikins that represent different ages and genders (including a... 28 March 2016
Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa opened the William G. Smith Simulation Center to give health care students and professionals the opportunity for hands-on learning. The Simulation Center is currently being used as a part of Nursing and EMS student clinical curriculums, and will be available later this... 23 March 2016
The Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) teamed with the Faculty of Surgical Trainers (FST) to launch a series of new research grants in the field of surgical education and training. The grants, available annually for up to £3,000, can be used to support either a research study... 23 March 2016
The Association for the Study of Medical Education teamed with the Faculty of Surgical Trainers (FST) to launch a series of new research grants in the field of surgical education and training. The grants, available annually for up to £3,000, can be used to support either a research study or... 23 March 2016
Two new student training centers for University of Queensland (UQ) medical and allied health students opened this week at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee and Redland hospitals in Australia. The new centers give both hospitals dedicated teaching areas for students and office space for academic and administrative staff – something they... 23 March 2016
The University of Central Arkansas is using a $500,000 gift from Nabholz Charitable Foundation to help establish and equip the Nabholz Center for Healthcare Simulation. The center will primarily be used by UCA nursing students, but will also be used by other health sciences students such as occupational therapy, psychology... 22 March 2016
North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) conducted an educational, team-based simulation training session for the physicians and clinical staff at East Side Endoscopy in New York City. Dale Anderson, MD, NAPA managing partner conducted the hands-on training that used high-fidelity simulation to practice lifesaving rescue skills related to uncommon, but... 22 March 2016
Marshall B. Ketchum University in Fullerton, California invested in new simulation equipment as the school evolves into an interprofessional institution. Previously offering just optometry education, the school recently added a Physician Assistant program and is in the midst of accreditation reviews for the Pharmacy program it hopes to add this... 22 March 2016
HelpMeSee, the global campaign to end cataract blindness, appointed Gerry McRae as chief operating officer (COO). As COO, McRae's responsibilities will extend across HelpMeSee's strategic and tactical initiatives in training, simulation technology and business development -- and he will work closely with the chief executive officer, the executive leadership and... 22 March 2016
Dr. Jeff Wiseman, an Internal Medicine physician at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (RVH-MUHC), and an assistant professor of Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, is developing a serious medical smartphone-based game called Deteriorating Patient to help medical students learn how to stabilize severely... 22 March 2016