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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
NuScale Power announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded three grants to support the installation of a NuScale reactor plant simulator at Oregon State University, Texas A&M University-College Station and the University of Idaho. When completed, the simulator facilities will be used for research, education, K-12 outreach... 16 August 2019
All Image credits: U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Eric M. Fisher Members of the U.S. Air Force and Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) conducted a mass casualty exercise during Pacific Angel 19-3, a joint and combined humanitarian assistance engagement, enhancing participating nations’ humanitarian aid and disaster relief capabilities while providing... 16 August 2019
Rich Mitchell, owner of ProMediaAspire, has secured a $6-million contract with a nuclear power company across 13 of their nuclear generation stations. The contract provides a format to train workers through the use of cutting-edge Virtual Reality (VR) technology to help reduce health risks to employees. Mitchell is utilizing VR... 15 August 2019
Rich Mitchell, owner of ProMediaAspire, has secured a $6-million contract with a nuclear power company across 13 of their nuclear generation stations. The contract provides a format to train workers through the use of cutting-edge Virtual Reality (VR) technology to help reduce health risks to employees. Mitchell is utilizing VR... 15 August 2019
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), in partnership with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF), is now accepting proposals for the Patient Safety Curriculum Award. The $100,000 award will go to an anesthesia education investigator with the intent to modify the PSMF Patient Safety Curriculum to address perioperative patient... 15 August 2019
Micromeritics Instrument Corporation (Micromeritics) launched its Micromeritics Learning Center (MLC) Online Instrument Training eLearning Platform. The Company is currently offering free e-learning courses on AccuPyc II 1340 (PC and Keypad), GeoPyc 1365 (Envelope and T.A.P. Density), and MIC SAS 5800. “Micromeritics has established a long history of training customers. These... 14 August 2019
Left to right: Victoria Bayless, president/CEO of AAMC; Dr. Adrian Park, chair of the Department of Surgery at AAMC and founder and chair of the SAIL Center; and Sylvia and James Earl. Anne Arundel Medical Center’s (AAMC) James and Sylvia Earl Simulation to Advance Innovation and Learning (SAIL) Center... 14 August 2019
OSF Ventures has joined a $35-million funding round to support a start-up that’s developing a breakthrough handheld, artificial intelligence (AI) ultrasound device that will allow health care providers to make critical, real-time diagnostic decisions. OSF Ventures, the investment arm of OSF HealthCare, is among investors in the latest Series... 14 August 2019
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is introducing VR training for its bus drivers, the first Middle East government entity to do so. The RTA said VR technology was being integrated to improve driver standards and provide a better customer service. "RTA will use VR technology in basic and... 14 August 2019
GSE Systems Inc. has completed delivery and commissioning of three additional full-scope simulators for Southern Nuclear’s new Operations Training Centers. These new simulators reflect Southern’s commitment to modernize, optimize and expand their fleet’s operator training program. This Southern Nuclear project is the largest single nuclear simulator project in the U.S. 13 August 2019
Carroll Community College will hold a free Health Care Career Training Information Session on Tuesday, August 20, from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Washington Road Campus, Room M157. Attendees will receive an overview of the college’s non-credit health care career training programs and learn how to be... 13 August 2019
Avkin is sponsoring the Simulated Participant Workshop, Providing Structure and Sustainability to an Affordable Simulated Participant Program, at the University of Central Florida on 9 October 2019 in Orlando, Florida. Attendees can learn from experts on affordable simulated participants and will also be able to network and learn from... 13 August 2019