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OutcomesJuly 16, 2025Saving Lives Systematically: Medical Simulation as a Patient Safety Tool in Healthcare
Abstract: Simulation has been recognized as an important educational tool for the healthcare workforce. The role of simulation as a…
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AdministrationJuly 15, 2025How to Maintain Patient Safety During a Pandemic: Positive Lessons from the VA
Abstract: The Veterans Health Administration — the nation’s largest and only fully integrated healthcare system — has long been hailed…
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DebriefingJuly 18, 2025Virtual Debriefing in the Post COVID Age
Abstract: Many simulation programs have recently shifted towards providing remote simulations with virtual debriefings. Virtual debriefings require simulation educators to…
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Audiovisual SystemsJuly 17, 2025The Past, Present, and Future of Healthcare Simulation
Abstract: In his best selling book, “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell examines the factors that contribute to an individual’s success. Throughout his…
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Standardized Patients TrainingJuly 16, 2025Introducing Medical Improv: An Experiential Learning Strategy to Improve Communication & Collaboration
Abstract: Medical Improv is an experiential teaching tool that can be used to promote ‘soft’ skills such as; emotional intelligence,…
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AdministrationJuly 21, 2025Improving Safe and Reliable Patient Care From the Patient Safety Movement Foundation
Abstract: Despite dedicated efforts by healthcare professionals over the past 20 years, more than 200,000 people continue to die annually…
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ClinicalJuly 16, 2025Safety in Healthcare: Moving Beyond COVID-19
Abstract: It is safe to assume that healthcare will be different past the acute pandemic phase. The new normal will…
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HealthcareJuly 15, 2025Imagining the Future of Healthcare and Patient Safety
Abstract: It is over two decades since the ground breaking “To Err Is Human” research report was published but progress…
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Scenario DesignAugust 22, 2024Using Medical Simulation to Evaluate Checklists: Part 2
Continuing from last week’s article Using Healthcare Simulation to Evaluate Checklists: Part 1, Dr. Kim Baily PhD, MSN, RN, CNE,…
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OutcomesAugust 16, 2024Virtual Simulation Effectiveness Tool for Healthcare Education
According to INACSL standards, the method of participant evaluation should be established before the simulation-based experience occurs. But how do…
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UltrasoundSeptember 4, 2024The Point of Care Ultrasound Atlas Provides Free Ultrasound Simulation Resources
Ultrasound Simulation images that exactly fit your healthcare simulation scenario used to be tricky, that was until we learned about…
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Virtual RealityAugust 30, 2024How to Set Up an Educational Virtual Reality Lab
In this post, guest author Jose Berenguer from SimLab IT shares how to install a virtual reality (VR) lab in…
