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IMAGINE a robot completing your surgery. This advanced approach to surgery is now here at Liverpool Hospital. Australia’s only robot simulation training mimic system allows surgeons to get familiar with the procedures in a safe and simulated environment without the risks associated with an actual procedure. It is hoped... 18 May 2017
Medical students have a problem with TMI (too much information). Way TMI. Same with nursing, dental and other health profession students. The TMI problem doesn't mean that students are sharing personal information about their bodily functions when they really shouldn't (although being immersed in healthcare can make you forget conversation... 18 May 2017
Medical simulation technology has dramatically improved during the past decade. EMS providers are no longer limited to using manikins that are unable to respond dynamically to treatments provided them. Simply purchasing a high-fidelity manikin, however, does not guarantee it will integrate into an agency’s training program. In 2010 AMR in... 17 May 2017
With technology consistently evolving, Nurses will see an influx of new advancements throughout the next couple of years. Nurses will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with robot surgery, advanced prosthetics, and virtual reality. These new medical advancements will allow for more innovative techniques to help you provide the best care. Nursing departments are known for... 17 May 2017
By using a Stratasys Objet Eden350V 3D Printer, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK are saving three to four hours in surgical time per surgery, and costs are reduced by up to £20,000 per operation. The hospital had previously outsourced its 3D printing requirements and have now installed an in-house 3D printer to facilitate life-changing maxillofacial... 16 May 2017
Faculty members at the University of Louisville School of Medicine are developing a national training program for educators at universities across the United States how to teach interprofessional palliative care to those who care for cancer patients. Palliative care is care given to improve the quality of life of patients... 16 May 2017
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology residency program has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The program, which was established in 2015, trains physicians to treat or manage disorders and diseases of the ear, nose, throat and related structures... 16 May 2017
The American Heart Association, which has some 700 international training centers around the world, has chosen the voluntary United Hatzalah organization to be its official training partner in Israel. Glenn Vanden Houten, the AHA’s regional director for Europe and Africa, said on Thursday that “United Hatzalah has become one of... 15 May 2017
Raj Panjabi, who fled to the United States to escape civil war in his native Liberia, eventually returned to his shattered homeland to find rural communities desperate for adequate healthcare. The trained physician co-founded Last Mile Health in Liberia, which aims to recruit, train, equip and manage people in communities... 15 May 2017
Scientific research, medical education and health care delivery are changing at a rapid clip, and Harvard Medical School Dean George Q. Daley is examining the best path forward to ensure that the School maintains its centuries-long reputation as a world leader in these fields. “We’re on the brink of a sweeping... 12 May 2017
The world's first-of-its-kind dual robotic surgery was performed on April 23 at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, announced National President Ellen Hershkin of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc. (HWZOA). The revolutionary dual robotic surgery assisted in the repair of a severe spinal fracture suffered by Aharon Schwartz, 42, a factory worker... 12 May 2017
Harvard University is issuing certificates for anybody who passes one or more of the same online courses that are also taken by incoming students prior to starting their Harvard Medical School curriculum and used by the institution's faculty to "flip" their classrooms. The courses make up the university's new "HMX" program,... 11 May 2017
"I think I'm going to throw up," said Noelle, an electronic dummy "giving birth" in the back of a Salem Fire Department ambulance Friday. "Me too," said Tim Sice, as he and fellow firefighters Steve Woitkun and Joe Scanlon surround Noelle, checking her medical stats and the position of her... 11 May 2017
Whether they are part of undergraduate (UME) or graduate medical education (GME), educators training future physicians have the same goals for the next generation of doctors. They want, among other things, physicians to work in teams, see their patients in a social context, advocate for their patients and challenge authority... 10 May 2017
Surgical skills cannot be mastered by simple observation or by operating skills learned in the anatomy room. The demand for high efficiency and the lack of valuable operating time leaves little time for surgeons to train students within the operating environment. These clinical pressures, along with the successful introduction of... 9 May 2017
Undergraduate nurses generally learn how to administer medicine in a “calm and uninterrupted” training environment, noted researchers. But they said this does not reflect the realities of everyday nursing and argued that nurses working on busy wards often have to contend with “multiple interruptions” while giving out medication. The impact... 9 May 2017
HELENA — The state unveiled a new high-tech tool Monday that officials hope will save people’s lives someday. Three mobile simulation training trucks have been provided to the state through a $4.6 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. “It’s not every day that the... 8 May 2017
Michigan Medicine will more than double the size of its Clinical Simulation Center, an innovative instructional learning laboratory used to train health care professionals. The $4.75 million renovation of the Medical Science Building II will include a second Clinical Simulation Center location that will open in January 2018. The existing... 8 May 2017
Officials at New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are on a mission to change the academic and behavioral cultures at the medical school following the death of a fourth-year medical student last fall, according to The Wall Street Journal. In a letter published in The New England Journal of Medicine last... 2 May 2017
Baystate Health and UMass Medical School are hoping to get $3.4 million in state money to build their new medical school in Springfield. "We think this would be a worthy investment in primary care for the region for the next several decades," said Ben Craft, a spokesman for Baystate Health. 28 April 2017