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German manufacturer VRmagic launched what it say is the first slit lamp simulator, virtual reality training device that lets student ophthalmologists and optometrists perform eye examinations and diagnose diseases on simulated patient eyes. The simulator offers all the functions of a real slit lamp and integrates VR technology in the... 26 October 2018
The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) set up the Air Force’s first operational training program to prepare Air Force mental health care providers, technicians and social workers to join Integrated Operational Support (IOS) teams at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The program opened in May to give... 23 October 2018
Fort Worth is now home to the nation’s newest M.D. School after receiving preliminary accreditation from The Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Texas Christian University (TCU) and University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) joined together in July 2015 to form this new medical school that will offer a... 22 October 2018
Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) bought a new mobile simulation unit that will provide life-saving training to Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) staff and community partners across NGHS’ 18-county service area. The mobile simulation unit will directly enhance the quality of patient care by training NGHS staff how to react... 21 October 2018
Kaplan Nursing, which partners with nursing schools to prepare students for licensing exams and careers in healthcare, launched an interactive virtual simulation program through i-Human Patients (IHP) to help train nurses in making clinical judgments. IHP is a high-performance, healthcare case-authoring and playback system that can simulate a nurse’s complete... 18 October 2018
DiaMedical USA launched a new product in its SimLabSolutions product line called SimVS tablet, that the company say is an economical platform for lifelike simulation in different settings such as hospital, pre-hospital and respiratory therapy that lets instructors control patient vital signs and diagnostic results. This forces students to use... 17 October 2018
The University at Buffalo (UB) School of Nursing and School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences built an escape room game for inter-professional training between nursing and pharmacy students to improve teamwork and communication. In the Patient X escape room that simulates a medical clinic, students will have 30 minutes to... 12 October 2018
TraumaFX, a division of Kforce Government Solutions Inc. and a provider of ruggedized human and canine medical training simulators, delivered its first phase of shipments for its Tactical Combat Casualty Care – Exportable (TC3X) medical simulators to the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI)... 11 October 2018
Johns Hopkins Medicine is hosting a two-day continuing education workshop on Improving Patient Safety with Human Factors Methods October 17-18, 2018. This workshop focuses on the use of human factors engineering methods to identify and mitigate system problems that cause human errors and patient-safety hazards in healthcare. Basic principles and... 10 October 2018
FundamentalVR, pioneers of immersive training technology for the medical community, named Hybrid Health as its channel partner for Australia and New Zealand markets. The company is looking to Hybrid Health’s connections to energize FundamentalVR’s entry into this market to help expand its sales network. It is also hoping to spread... 10 October 2018
ImmersiveTouch, Inc.® launched ImmersiveView™, what it says is the only suite of integrated virtual reality (VR) real-time solutions for personalized surgical planning, patient engagement and surgical training using patented haptic technology. ImmersiveView is designed to optimize outcomes and save costs, decreasing time in the operating room and improving pre-operative planning... 9 October 2018
The U.S. Army Program Executive Officer for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) brought its Tactical Combat Casualty Care Exportable (TC3X) medical training mannequins to Fort Benning, Georgia to increase the realism of medical trauma training that can ultimately save lives and limbs. The mannequin can scream, breathe, bleed and... 8 October 2018
Fremont Health and Midland University opened a new million-dollar Simulation Laboratory at Freemont Health that will provide hands-on learning for nursing students, Fremont Health staff and healthcare professionals in the Freemont, Nebraska area. The simulation lab offers a practice environment that features human-patient manikins let nursing students practice skills, techniques,... 8 October 2018
McLaren Flint Healthcare, a large community hospital affiliated with Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, is using 3D System’s Simbionix ARTHRO Mentor simulator to assess the performance of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine residents before allowing them to perform surgery. The residency is a 5-year program where the... 3 October 2018
A call to the industry by Andy Smith, Medical Training Magazine publisher The National Training & Simulation Association (NTSA) organized this year’s annual NMSC meeting at UNMC’s Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning (iEXCEL) in Omaha, with Rick Severinghaus, Chair of the NMSC Policy Committee as conference organizer and Chair. 3 October 2018
previously published in MTM issue 3, 2017 Jeffrey P. Gold, MD and Pamela J. Boyers, PhD profile the Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning (iEXCELSM) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), which is a bold, interprofessional initiative purposefully designed to transform the current model of healthcare professions education. 2 October 2018
previously published in MTM issue 2, 2018 Pamela J. Boyers, Ph.D. and Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. offer ideas and strategies to improve health profession education and improve patient safety. “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu The State of Nebraska... 2 October 2018
GE Healthcare made an equity investment in SonoSim, a provider of ultrasound education and training. The partnership will offer enhanced education services across medical disciplines from women’s health and cardiology to point of care and primary care. As ultrasound continues to grow in all medical fields, GE Healthcare says it’s... 2 October 2018
Medic-CE, a provider of accredited online continuing education for emergency medical services (EMS) and fire professionals, launched Resiliency training that teaches first responders how to work through the trauma they experience in the field. 1 October 2018
National Park College (NPC) in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas opened a nursing clinical simulation lab with the help of a $500,000 donation to the school last year and a $100,000 pledge per-year for three years for financial-aid packages for nursing students from CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs. The sim lab... 1 October 2018