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The Autism Society of Central Texas produced a training video to help educate law enforcement officers and emergency responders how to approach, talk with and respond to people with autism. The Society worked with Red Media Group, Chester Security, parents and individuals with autism to create the free training video... 5 April 2016
ChartWise Medical Systems, a provider of Computer-Assisted Clinical Documentation Improvement (CACDI) software, introduced ChartWise Advisory Services – training and support for its ChartWise 2.0 software users. ChartWise Advisory Services includes a range of options for clinical documentation specialists, hospital administrators and health care professionals to ensure they have the training... 5 April 2016
Directors of general surgery residency programs believe flexible work-hour schedules for surgeons in training (residents) improve the continuity of patient care and resident training without compromising patient safety, according to findings of survey conducted in conjunction with the Flexibility in Duty Hour Requirements for Surgical Trainees (FIRST) Trial. The FIRST... 5 April 2016
St. Elizabeth Healthcare began construction on a $3 million medical simulation center that will serve healthcare professionals from the company’s seven Northern Kentucky hospitals as well as its specialty and physicians’ offices. The new 24,081-square-foot St. Elizabeth Training & Education Center (SETEC) will be 55 percent larger than its current... 5 April 2016
Waveny Care Center – a Waveny LifeCare Network skilled nursing and short-term rehab facility – partnered with the of the Norwalk Community College’s (NCC) Nursing and Allied Health Simulation Center to provide hands-on simulation training for its nurses who care for Waveny’s short-term rehab patients. The “Waveny Care Center Assessment... 4 April 2016
The U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command took over the Medical Skills Training Center (MSTC) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey to provide combat medics with the required training for Emergency Medical Training certification. The Army’s 21 MSTCs in the U.S. provide combat medics the required 72 hours of... 4 April 2016
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, California received a two-year, $447,000 grant from the UniHealth Foundation to create a simulation training program for the hospital’s team that manages childbirth crises. The hospital’s Interprofessional Perinatal Simulation Program will use manikins for ongoing training and practice for physicians, nurses, respiratory... 1 April 2016
Some pediatric surgeons perform so few rare and complex procedures once they finish their surgical training that they may have a hard time maintaining operative skills in the long run, according to a new study led by researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. While the... 1 April 2016
More than 60 medical schools across the United States were recognized by the White House this week for pledging to teach medical students about the dangers of prescribing opioids to patients for pain. The pledge confirms participating medical schools will include new guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control... 1 April 2016
The American Academy of Pediatrics says federal funding for graduate medical education (GME) needs to be increased to help address the shortage of pediatric specialists, in a newly updated American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement. The “Financing Graduate Medical Education to Meet the Needs of Children and the Future... 31 March 2016
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Wales launched a new nursing education strategy called “The Future of Nursing Education in Wales: Education Strategy 2016”, saying the next generation of nurses needs an education that will give them the intellectual skills of problem-solving, clinical decision making, professional judgment, and research appraisal... 31 March 2016
The Maryland Board of Nursing gave Kaplan University approval to offer its nurse practitioner programs – Adult Gerontology and Family, Post Masters, and Masters – to students in Maryland. The approval allows Kaplan University (KU) Maryland and its campuses in Hagerstown and Rockville to begin enrolling prospective students in the... 30 March 2016
Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington acquired a SynDaver artificial cadaver as a teaching tool to add realism to its anatomy and physiology classes – a required class for its pre-nursing students. The SynDaver features synthetic human tissues and body parts. It has hundreds of replaceable muscles, bones, organs,... 30 March 2016
Sacred Heart Health System and the University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine are collaborating to operate physician residency programs in Pensacola, Florida to train medical school graduates specializing in pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology. Sacred Heart has operated residency programs in pediatrics as well as obstetrics and gynecology since... 30 March 2016
Marshall B. Ketchum University in Fullerton, California invested in new simulation equipment as the school evolves into an interprofessional institution. Previously offering just optometry education, the school recently added a Physician Assistant program and is in the midst of accreditation reviews for the Pharmacy program it hopes to add this... 30 March 2016
Riverside Community Hospital accepted 25 residents as the inaugural cohort for its new Riverside Community Hospital/University of California (UC) Riverside School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Program. The residents’ names were announced during the annual Match Day event, when graduating medical students learn where they will be spending the next... 29 March 2016
The National Healthcare Group (NHG), Serious Games Association (SGA) and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) signed a Memorandum of Intent to collaborate on applying serious gaming technology within the healthcare industry and launched its first effort: a national competition in Singapore called the Health Innovation Technology Challenge. The Challenge... 29 March 2016
Remote Medical International® (RMI) in Seattle, Washington, a provider of remote medical training and medical support services, is expanding its training offering to provide some courses in a hybrid virtual and traditional classroom format. The addition of the new virtual and physical classroom hybrid model means RMI students will be able... 28 March 2016
Epsom and St Helier hospitals in the United Kingdom opened a new £100,000 simulation training centre to let doctors and nurses hone their skills and test their reactions during life or death situations. The centre has a collection of six simulation manikins that represent different ages and genders (including a... 28 March 2016
Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa opened the William G. Smith Simulation Center to give health care students and professionals the opportunity for hands-on learning. The Simulation Center is currently being used as a part of Nursing and EMS student clinical curriculums, and will be available later this... 23 March 2016