The Halldale Team has attended a number of medical conferences in varied locations during the past few months. While each conference had a different theme/s, different program and different international speakers they were all ultimately focused on patient care and safety.
By Helen Branswell THE CANADIAN PRESS It's a pivotal event that comes in the education of all would-be surgeons. At some point, medical students who plan to make a career of opening up and fixing other human beings have to make that first cut. If Drs. Teodor Grantcharov and Vanessa...
Regardless of attitudes about the ACA, the goals of the federal and private sector healthcare reform efforts – driving down cost and improving quality – are creating a need for healthcare transformation. This is most apparent for hospitals, as they are regarded as the most expensive part of the healthcare...
Drs. Liz Steel and Carol Foot, and Nurse Educator Sarah Webb, in conjunction with Dr. Kim Vidhani, discuss how creativity and innovation are used to develop low cost medical simulation for intensive care medical training at Royal North Shore Hospital in Australia. Drs. Liz Steel and Carol Foot, and Nurse...
Lindsay Johnston, M.D. and Stephanie Sudikoff, M.D. examine the logistics of establishing an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation simulation program. Lindsay Johnston, M.D. and Stephanie Sudikoff, M.D. present the first of a two-part overview on establishing an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation simulation program. This first installment focuses on the logistical issues supporting this...
Dr. Valerie Howard was interviewed by group Editor Marty Kauchak on June 21, 2012 at the 2012 INACSL conference in San Antonio Texas. The interview addressed a wide range of policy, technology and other areas of interest. Valerie M. Howard.Image Credit: INACSL MEdSim: First, thank you for taking time from...
Harry Robinson was interviewed by Group Editor Marty Kauchak. The interview addressed a wide range of simulation and technology topics pertaining to the VHA SimLEARN program. Harry Robinson, National Program Manager. MEdSim: Congratulations on your recent decision to accept this challenging community leadership position and thanks for taking time to...
The Orlando-based command’s Project Manager (PM) Combined Arms Tactical Trainers (CATT) with Assistant Project Manager (APM) of Medical Simulation (MEDSIM) is working “To put the power of simulations into the hands of our Warfighters.” Soldiers carry a simulated battlefield casualty during a training exercise at the Fort Lewis Medical Simulation...
Dr. Rajesh Aggarwal, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, UK, describes and discusses how healthcare professionals utilize simulation for practice an assessment of technical skills and procedures to enhance competency, improve transfer of knowledge, surgical performance and patient safety.
Don Combs, Ph.D., Vice President and Dean of the School of Health Profession at Eastern Virginia Medical School, provides a groundbreaking examination of return on investment for expenditures in medical simulation. East Virginia medical student reviews patient history in simulation center. (Photo: Author) The emerging discipline of Modeling and Simulation...