On August 31, the Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship ran their annual skills bootcamp to welcome the new fellows. Each year the anesthesia department brings in three fellows to specialize in pediatric anesthesia. This bootcamp provide the basic skills and tools to … Read more
Earlier today our incredible trauma team visited with the school nurses for Orange County to teach them how to Stop The Bleed. In addition to training the nurses, this also served as an opportunity for several people to become “Stop … Read more
On June 5th, Ms. Janelle Bludorn, PA-C published an article on Doximity entitled “Yes, I Scan: Looking to the Future at AAPA 2018”. Ms. Bludorn describes the inaugural “Yes, I Scan” event held at the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) national meeting. The … Read more
The Department of Otolaryngology held their 2nd annual UNC Head and Neck Microvascular Course on June 2nd. This course is a one day skills program designed to provide hands-on experience using cadaver specimens aimed at the head and neck surgeons … Read more
The School of Medicine’s Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center has three new mannequins to facilitate simulations for students. This is the first purchase of a mannequin in nearly a decade and provides a new educational tool that reinforces UNC’s … Read more
Dr. Carol Durham, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN presented the keynote address and served on a panel this past weekend at the National League of Nursing (NLN) / Boise State University 4th Biennial Simulation Conference. Her presentation was entitled “Simulation and … Read more
The 10th International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops were held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands this week. Drs Kim Blasius from Pediatric Anesthesia and Benny Joyner from Pediatrics attended to present the abstracts. Rutledge C, Joyner B, Zinkan L, Gaither S, … Read more
Jamie Williams of UNC Health Care published a news item entitled “UNC’s Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery upends the residency interview process”. The article describes a recent article published in The Laryngoscope, detailing two years of surgical simulations in residency … Read more
On May 8th the “Blending the Blues” collaborative held an interprofessional education (IPE) Faculty Development to Avoid the Tragedy of Miscommunication at End of Life at the Duke University School of Nursing. This incredible session involved learning about facilitating end … Read more
On April 27th, members of the Anesthesia UNCsim team held a “Chest Decompression: Tubes, Needles, and Emergencies” workshop with faculty from Duke, Phoenix Mayo, the University of Pittsburgh, and Wake Forest University at the Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium in Phoenix. Participants learned … Read more
