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Virtual RealityJune 4, 2025The Value of Virtual Reality in Healthcare Simulation
In response to the closing of healthcare educational programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some healthcare simulation programs have changed…
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Professional DevelopmentSeptember 4, 2024Physiology: The Force Behind Healthcare Simulation – A Guide for Techs, Part 11: ARDS
Many healthcare simulation programs are beginning to offer simulations related to the care of COVID-19 patients. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome…
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NursingSeptember 2, 2024NCSBN and INACSL Guidelines for Nursing Simulation Programs, w/ Downloadable Checklist!
Creating a healthcare simulation program from scratch, sometimes with limited funding, is a daunting prospect especially when state boards of…
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ClinicalAugust 22, 2024
Physiology: The Force Behind Healthcare Simulation – A Guide for Techs, Part 10A: Abnormal Cardiac Rhythms
A previously posted HealthySimulation.com article entitled “Physiology: The Force Behind Healthcare Simulation – A Guide for Techs, Part 10: Intro…
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ModalitySeptember 14, 2024Using Translational Simulation in Healthcare to Improve Patient Outcomes
In the past, the goals of outcomes of healthcare simulation focused simply on clinical skills or knowledge acquisition. More recently,…
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NursingAugust 17, 2024Debriefing for Meaningful Learning in Nursing Simulation
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) landmark study in 2014 concluded that nursing simulation could be substituted…
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Scenario DesignSeptember 4, 2024Escape Rooms in Medical Simulation: Downloadable Sepsis Scenario & More
Have you ever tried an Escape Room? How about an Escape Room of Medical Simulation? Human factors such as effects…
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Professional DevelopmentSeptember 12, 2024Physiology: The Force Behind Healthcare Simulation – A Guide for Techs, Part 10: Intro to Cardiac Rhythms
Healthcare Simulation is a many-faceted educational methodology which involves staff from varying backgrounds including those with strong technical backgrounds but…
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Professional DevelopmentSeptember 13, 2024Medical Tube Connectivity – Time to Update Your Healthcare Simulation Lab?
Many medical simulation laboratories begin life after receiving a one time funding to cover the cost of building the physical…
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DebriefingSeptember 2, 2024Downloadable DASH Debriefing Tools From Center for Medical Simulation
Although the glitzy part of healthcare simulation often focuses on high fidelity manikins, most learning occurs during the debriefing. Debriefing…
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Sim Center DesignJune 3, 2025OR 360: Simulated OR of the Future from Cedars-Sinai & DoD
In 2014, Cedars-Sinai partnered with the U.S. military to design the “operating room of the future” with the goal of…
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Professional DevelopmentSeptember 5, 2024ALERT: Acute Life Threatening Events Recognition and Treatment Medical Simulation Training
The ALERT (Acute Life Threatening Events Recognition and Treatment) is a well-established program that focuses on the detection and management…
