Congratulations to Drs. Hicks, Buckmire, Shah, and DeMason for winning third place in the General Category at the Triological Sectional Meeting for their poster on early exposure to Otolaryngology! The poster can be found here.
The UNC School of Nursing is delighted to celebrate Carol Durham, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, FSSH, who has been selected as the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Director of the Year Award for 2023. This award recognizes Dr. Durham’s exceptional contributions to the field of … Read more
Dr. Sofia Aliaga has been named Director of Simulation, Experiential Learning, and Training (SET) for the UNC School of as of December 1st. Of note, the SET Center was formerly known as the Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center. As … Read more
Crystal Lincoln has joined the Surgical Skills Lab team as the training specialist. Lincoln has 26 years of experience as a surgical technologist specializing in Neuro-Spine, ENT, Ortho, and Trauma Surgery. She has a passion for teaching and has assisted … Read more
The School of Medicine announced that When the new Medical Education Building is completed in 2022 it will be named in honor of Dr. Bill Roper, former Dean of the UNC School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health. You … Read more
After several years on hiatus, the undergraduate “Introduction to Medical Simulation” course returns as a section of “Special Topics in Biomedical Engineering” (BMME 490). This entry-level medical simulation course focuses on understanding the integration of simulation technology into clinical education, … Read more
The team in neurosurgery has published a review article on virtual reality in neuroscience and neurosurgery in the first edition of the Carolina Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine. This journal is “a student-run, faculty-advised, online publication based out of the University … Read more
The Neurosurgery team published an article today describing how they have utilized placental vessels for microdissection simulations. Alcalá NE, Pajer HB, Piazza M, Goodnight W, Yap E, Sasaki-Adams D, Hobbs GW, Quinsey CS. Improving Neurosurgery Resident Microdissection Through Placental … Read more
The UNC School of Medicine is beginning a search for a new Director of Simulation Experiential Learning and Training. If you are up for the task, click here for more information.
In preparation for the opening of Roper Hall, the School of Medicine has re-branded the simulation facility to be the Simulation, Experiential Learning, and Training (SET) Center. The SET Center, formerly the Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center (CSPSC), is … Read more
