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Professional DevelopmentSeptember 5, 2024Understanding Research For Clinical Simulation, Part 2: Validity and Reliability
Simulation staff need to understand research theory either to fully participate in their own department’s research or to review the current literature…
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AdministrationDecember 9, 2025What Should Be in Our Policies & Procedures? A Comprehensive Outline for Healthcare Simulation Programs
As simulation continues to expand rapidly across Healthcare, more and more program administrators are recognizing the need for a policies…
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Virtual Patients / Digital LearningAugust 29, 2024Saving Lives! Learning CPR Through Games-Based Simulation with AppClinic
As part of the launch of the AppClinic series of apps and simulations for medical and veterinary professionals, HealthySimulation.com connected…
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OutcomesAugust 22, 2024Evaluating Healthcare Simulation Website Offers Free SBE Evaluation Tools
Evaluating Healthcare Simulation has now been migrated to HealthySimulation.com! These various tools, orgnized by Dr. Kim Leighton et al, was…
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Scenario DesignSeptember 14, 2024Blood Transfusion Documents and Excel Labels for Simulation in Healthcare — Includes Template
Blood transfusions may be found in a variety of simulations such as those involving bleeding peptic ulcers, postoperative hemorrhage, postpartum…
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NursingAugust 4, 2024What About Simulation in the Healthcare Classroom?
Small groups are considered ideal because of the nature of simulation and debriefing. Can simulation be moved into the classroom…
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FacilitationSeptember 14, 2024INACSL Standards of Best Practice Infographic: Facilitation
Check out the third of seven awesome new infographics produced by INACSL to demonstrate the key points of their recently…
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Professional DevelopmentAugust 21, 2024The 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Rights for Medication Administration During Simulation
According to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, adverse drug events (ADEs) account for 700,000 emergency department visits and 100,000…
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Patient SafetySeptember 2, 2024simAlliance SimGHOSTS 2017 USA Recorded Keynote Part 2: Sim Techs Bring Innovation to Healthcare
Brian Gillett, MD, CEO & Founder of SimCore, provided the second opening keynote address at SimGHOSTS 2017 USA at WakeMed…
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HealthcareAugust 30, 2024
7 Pasos para Lograr un Crecimiento Récord en su Programa de Simulación Medica: Parte 1
This is a Spanish translation of our article 7 Steps to Achieving Record Growth For Your Healthcare Simulation Program: Part…
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Simulation ScenariosAugust 21, 2024
New Free Simulation Scenario Exchange Database from SIM-one
Proven Scenario Resources, Peer-Reviewed & Free! Introducing the SIM Scenario Exchange—an online repository of simulation scenarios, tools and templates. Open…
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HealthcareAugust 21, 2024
Free Simulation Faculty Training Tools & Scenarios from UW
Today I am sharing a great free resource for clinical faculty of healthcare simulation programs put together by the University…
