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RENK AG (RENK), a manufacturer of drivetrain technologies, has announced a strategic investment in Modest Tree Media Inc. (Modest Tree), which developes extended reality (XR) applications and software to create immersive training solutions without coding. Modest Tree is well-known for delivering advanced applications for industrial workplace training and marketing to...   26 August 2019
Written by Andy Smith, MTM publisher Healthcare for a family covered by a large employer has cost, on average, $22,885 last year. That’s $2,000 more than the sticker price for a brand-new Volkswagen Beetle, which Drew Altman discusses in his latest Axios column. If this startling and accurate claim does not wake up...   26 August 2019
Sponsored Content Join our passionate, interprofessional healthcare simulation community and world-leading experts at the 2019 SIM Expo! The 2019 SIM Expo will be held on October 21-22 in Montréal, Québec, Canada, at the Hôtel Bonaventure. Who is the SIM Expo for? Each year, the SIM Expo brings together healthcare leaders in university,...   23 August 2019
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC and Purdue University’s College of Pharmacy announced a collaborative agreement which expands the College of Pharmacy’s nuclear pharmacy training program. As part of the collaboration, NorthStar has provided a RadioGenix System to the College of Pharmacy for use in training nuclear pharmacy students on the...   23 August 2019
Bevill State Community College (BSCC) announced the graduation of students from the first HVAC Boot Camp held at the Bevill State/Alabama Power HVAC Training Center. The graduation will be on Wednesday, August 28, 2019, at noon. The ceremony will take place at the HVAC Training Facility located at 3711 Industrial...   23 August 2019
Bevill State Community College (BSCC) announced the graduation of students from the first HVAC Boot Camp held at the Bevill State/Alabama Power HVAC Training Center. The graduation will be on Wednesday, August 28, 2019, at noon. The ceremony will take place at the HVAC Training Facility located at 3711 Industrial...   23 August 2019
A new report from Kaspersky finds employees of healthcare organizations in the U.S. and Canada are lacking cybersecurity education and awareness in three main areas including regulation, policy and training. Of these key areas, the most alarming statistic found that nearly a third of respondents in North America (32...   22 August 2019
The Westmead Applied Research Centre have won Australia's inaugural $1 million Google AI Impact Challenge. The University of Sydney team customised a digital program that will use AI to reduce the risk of heart attacks. As part of the prize, Westmead will receive expert support to develop the heart...   22 August 2019
Four Australian organisations have joined forces to develop an AI solution to improve brain aneurysm diagnoses. Fujitsu Australia, GE Healthcare, Macquarie University and Macquarie Medical Imaging will collaborate on the research project. The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science have awarded a AU$2.1m grant to the group. Aneurysms, caused...   22 August 2019
One Energy Enterprises, an industrial power company, has funded a total of $210,000 in scholarships to local students since the inception of its Megawatt Scholarship program four years ago. Submissions are now being accepted for the next round of Megawatt Scholarships. One Energy installs utility-scale wind turbines at commercial and...   21 August 2019
One Energy Enterprises, an industrial power company, has funded a total of $210,000 in scholarships to local students since the inception of its Megawatt Scholarship program four years ago. Submissions are now being accepted for the next round of Megawatt Scholarships. One Energy installs utility-scale wind turbines at commercial and...   21 August 2019
The Greeley Company has expanded its live national education seminar offerings to include four new programs focused on addressing daily real-world challenges healthcare leaders face. The new educational programs provide attendees with the tools to diagnose and treat burnout; techniques to manage challenges in clinical, financial and operational healthcare...   21 August 2019
A new surgical risk/benefit calculator that will provide metabolic and bariatric surgeons and their patients with accurate, patient-specific information to guide surgical decision making and informed consent will soon be released by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP).  “This calculator is extremely meaningful in...   21 August 2019
Vobling AB have agreed a deal to develop a VR fire fighting simulator for Nordic railway operator, Vy.   21 August 2019
NCCER recently released the following training curricula: Project Management; Pipefitting Levels 1 – 4; Maritime Electrical Levels 1 – 4; Maritime Welding Levels 1 – 3; and Maritime Welding Aluminum Welding.   20 August 2019
All image credits: Central Michigan University Central Michigan University's (CMU) College of Medicine’s simulation centers in Mount Pleasant and Saginaw, Michigan, were awarded full accreditation in teaching and education. CMU has also announced that a robotic surgery training system has been installed in its Covenant HealthCare Simulation Center in...   20 August 2019
The Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) has announced several new commitments from hospitals seeking to achieve goals of ZERO preventable deaths, as well as an update from one of its current commitments. Hospital Name: Hospital CIMA Hermosillo in Sonora, Mexico, has made a commitment in alignment with the PSMF's...   19 August 2019
SynDaver announced the promotion of Nadine Baez to the position of vice president of research and commercialization for SynDaver's global government business unit. Baez began her career in medical simulation more than a decade ago and has contributed to key Department of Defense research initiatives with a focus in...   19 August 2019
The national labor shortage is hitting the construction industry with an especially hard punch, but South Florida’s Current Builders has developed a transformative program to help alleviate the crisis. CB University is a free, bilingual, in-house program that educates motivated workers who want to advance to the next level. The...   19 August 2019
The 2020 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit will be co-convened by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, European Society of Anaesthesiology and the International Society for Quality in Health Care held March 5-7, 2020, in Huntington Beach, California. The Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s 8th Annual World Summit will...   19 August 2019