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HealthcareSeptember 2, 2024IHI Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit Helps Optimize Outcomes
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) released a Quality Improvement Essentials Toolkit that includes the tools and templates needed to…
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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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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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PediatricJuly 17, 2025Pediatric Simulation Research: Resources from the International Pediatric Simulation Society (IPSS)
Abstract: A wealth of research in simulation education and training exists, and it is growing larger with each passing month.…
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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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FacilitationJuly 15, 2025Creative Ways to Implement Virtual Simulation During a Pandemic
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it serious challenges that is affecting health professional education globally. Academic institutions have…
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Clinical Task TrainersJanuary 8, 2026Transcending Racial Disparity in Healthcare Simulation Education with Limbs & Things
There is a lot of discussion about diversity and cultural sensitivity in our world right now. For many years in…
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SurgeryAugust 29, 2024The Role of Surgical Simulation in Contemporary OB/GYN Training
The website Contemporary OB/GYN recently asked a panel of Surgeons “What is the Role of Surgical Simulators” in medical education…
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Clinical Task TrainersSeptember 4, 2024Sim Programs at TTUHSC El Paso & UTEP’s Keck Center Develop 3D-Printed Ventilator for Only $1K
Dubbed the “Texas Breather”, SimGHOSTS Past President Dr. Scott Crawford and the medical simulation programs at Texas Tech University Health…
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Clinical Task TrainersJanuary 8, 2026
How Urinary Catheterization Trainers Can Save 13,000 Patients a Year
Did you know that urinary tract infections are among the most common Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI), accounting for 13,000 deaths…
