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Modality resources for medical simulation and nursing simulation including definitions, best practices, technology updates and more.
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Virtual RealitySeptember 16, 2024How Virtual Reality Trains Situational Awareness in Healthcare Simulation
Virtual Reality provides the ideal tool for healthcare simulation situational awareness training because it engages multiple learning systems in the…
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PCSJanuary 9, 2026VERA Shows Us the Future of Healthcare Simulation Communications Training @IMSH2019: VR Patients with AI
Over the last three days, thousands of healthcare simulation champions from around the world came together at IMSH 2019 to…
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MilitarySeptember 17, 2024ASPIH Vendor Video: Immersive Interactive Turns Sim Lab Into Any Environment
Today we begin a week of Vendor Video recaps from 2018’s Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) event! Covering…
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AvkinJanuary 9, 2026Tracheostomy Training Overlay System for Standardized Patients
The Tracheostomy Overlay System (Avtrach) is a wearable chest plate for standardized patients (SPs) that can be used in skills…
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Virtual RealitySeptember 16, 2024XVR Simulation Provides Incident Command Training to Emergency Teams Around the World
XVR Simulation is among the world’s leading developers of incident command simulation technology with over 200 educators in 32 countries…
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Trauma SimulatorsSeptember 17, 2024TraumaFX UK Provides Cutting Edge Moulage Products and Live Actor Training Services
Today we take a look at Europe’s leading Moulage company TraumaFX UK! Trauma FX are the UK’€™s leading provider of…
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Elevate HealthcareJanuary 9, 2026New Pediatric Anesthesia and Echo Ultrasound Trainers from Elevate Healthcare
The need for well-designed training curriculum and quality ultrasound task trainers has increased exponentially. “A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants…
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ObstetricsSeptember 17, 2024University of Newcastle Australia Creates Healthcare Learning VR Simulations
VR Training has a strong future in Healthcare Simulation, as the University of Newcastle Australia has demonstrated with two new…
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HTC ViveJanuary 9, 2026VR Simulation Training Is Now A Reality with ‘Fire in the OR’ from Health Scholars
Health Scholars has launched the first commercially available virtual reality (VR) training simulation for operating room fire prevention and management to…
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Pediatric SimulatorsSeptember 16, 2024WIRED Covers Advances in Healthcare Simulation Manikin Technology
Just this past month, WIRED science writer Matt Simon visited Stanford to take a closer look at a pediatric simulator…
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Surgical SimulatorsSeptember 17, 2024Synaptive Medical Innovates Neurosurgery with BrightMatter Brain Simulator & Space Technology
In our field, sometimes it actually is “brain surgery” — and who wouldn’t want to simulate that? Synaptive Medical, a…
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Sim Center DesignSeptember 17, 2024Jacob and Lois Mol Cardiovascular Simulation Center Offers Unique Training Space
The Jacob and Lois Mol Cardiovascular Simulation Center opened its doors in August 2017 which serves as a clinical training…
