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McGill University is partnering with CAE Healthcare, and DePuy Synthes Products, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, to develop a Virtual Reality (VR) platform to train orthopedic and neurosurgeons in advanced spinal surgery techniques. The new platform will leverage Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) technology and Finite Element... 12 June 2018
MedaPhor Group, an ultrasound software and simulation company, says that ScanTrainer, its OBGYN and General Medical simulator training platform has been installed at a new Ultrasound Training Academy at Central Middlesex Hospital in London, United Kingdom. The London North West Healthcare NHS (National Health Service) Trust (LNWH) chose ScanTrainer for... 11 June 2018
General Electric's Healthcare business is introducing interactive and customizable training options for Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) professionals. With 25 percent of the HTM population expected to retire over the next 10 years, hospitals and healthcare systems face an increasing challenge to train the next generation. The options enabled by the... 7 June 2018
TraumaFX, a division of Kforce Government Solutions (KGS) and a provider of human and canine medical training simulators, released the canine medical simulator K9 Diesel. Named in memory of the heroic canine who died in the line of duty following the 2015 Paris terror attacks, K9 Diesel was developed jointly... 6 June 2018
3D Systems released the DMP Flex 100 and DMP Dental 100 for metal 3D printing and dental applications. Designed to be used for R&D (Research and Development), application development and production, the DMP Flex 100 provides up to twice the throughput compared to 3D Systems' previous entry-level metal 3D printer,... 6 June 2018
VSTEP is getting ready to release the NAUTIS Fishing module. 31 May 2018
MedaPhor, an intelligent ultrasound software and simulation company, installed its first BodyWorks Eve, Point of Care ultrasound (PoCUS) simulator, at NYU School of Medicine’s simulation laboratory of the affiliated Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System New York Campus. BodyWorks Eve is a female manikin simulator designed for doctors to... 30 May 2018
A growing partnership between the U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System and permanent civilian trauma institutions is under way creating, for the first time, a fully integrated military-civilian trauma system with the ability to train military surgeons prior to deployment, retain the critical skills of military surgeons while they’re... 23 May 2018
A team led by Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand designed the Hartwell Simulator, a low-cost simulator that plugs into everyday medical equipment. Anaesthetic specialist Dr. Daniel Hartwell led the team that developed a system that uses the same equipment clinical staff use every day. Biomedical Engineer Michael Sheedy from the... 21 May 2018
The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) received a $3 million equipment grant from the Olympus Corporation's Grants Committee that includes the latest ultrasound processors and radial probe driving units. The equipment supports expanded hands-on learning experiences at CHEST's Innovation, Simulation, and Training Center in Glenview, Illinois. CHEST will use... 21 May 2018
Cardionics introduced the Cardionics SimSuit, a garment worn by a Standardized Patient (SP) that simulates physiological conditions to test a student or an examiner's diagnostic and procedural skills, and developed in conjunction with Mayo Clinic. The SimSuit is the second generation of the Cardionics SimShirt the company released last year,... 18 May 2018
With increasing air travel, in-flight medical emergencies are on the rise and physicians on commercial airline flights are routinely asked to volunteer assistance. Yet most health care professionals lack sufficient knowledge about in-flight emergency stabilization, resources available and protocols. A study by Jump Simulation, part of OSF Innovation and a... 16 May 2018
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis opened its new $39.7 million Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation dedicated to education; research and professional development of clinical skills using standardized patients, high-fidelity patient simulators and virtual reality technology. The 45,000 square-foot center gives students from six... 14 May 2018
South Texas College (STC) expanded its Nursing and Allied Health Campus in McAllen with the addition of a new four-story, 90,000 square foot complex that includes a state-of-the-art simulation hospital and a new library. The hospital will provide real-world, hands-on experience for students in such fields as nursing, occupational and... 11 May 2018
Roger Smith, CTO, Florida Hospital Nicholson Center, explains how the field of surgical robotics is about to face a miniature version of the dot.com boom of internet companies. In September of 2001, Dr. Jacques Marescaux performed the world’s first transatlantic robotic telesurgery using the Zeus robotic system created by... 11 May 2018
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and CAE Healthcare launched the second course for Anesthesia SimSTAT, their interactive, screen-based simulation training product. The new course, Anesthesia SimSTAT – Appendectomy, is designed to provide physician anesthesiologists with advanced training to manage challenging anesthetic emergencies in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgeries for acute... 10 May 2018
Charles River Analytics won a $1.5 million U.S. Army contract to develop a medical simulation and tutorial platform to improve its medical training and patient care. Charles River is partnering with Professor Frank Ritter and Dr. Chris Garrison of Pennsylvania State University (PSU) to build a Virtual Intelligent Tutor for... 8 May 2018
Robot-assisted surgery has become standard of care in many specialties. According to the Intuitive Surgical Annual report, 877,000 robot-assisted procedures of various types were performed across the United States in 2017 – but a University of Virginia (UVA) study based on reports made to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration... 7 May 2018
The University of Pittsburgh’s Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER) is hosting an “Advancing Your Nursing Career Through Simulation” symposium June 1 and 2, 2018. The event will include plenary speakers, panel presentations, facilitated interactive sessions and workshops and will count as nine CNE credits and... 4 May 2018
Physicians’ Education Resource ®, a provider of live and online continuing medical education (CME) activities on oncology and hematology, acquired the Winter Lung Cancer Conference™, it says, as part of its commitment to provide impactful, live continuing medical education programs. As a result, the 2019 upcoming 16th Annual Winter Lung... 3 May 2018