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ASA Block Workshop 2019

October 30, 2019

The UNC Anesthesia Department had amazing representation at the American Society of Anesthesiologists annual scientific meeting Ambulatory Block Workshop. Members of the team included Dr Stuart Grant, Dr David Hardman, Dr Monika Nanda, Dr Jay Schoenherr, and Dr Sally Stander. The … Read more

PQCNC Labor Support Team at Regional Meeting

May 8, 2019

On May 8, The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina (PQCNC) team took labor support to a regional meeting at Vidant Health. They team explained and showed how as much as as a neonatal birth is very medical, most do … Read more

Tragedy of Miscommunication at End of Life

May 9, 2018

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

Simulation to Improve Family Understanding and Support

March 3, 2018

Last year, the Department of Anesthesiology hosted a “Family Day Simulation Event” as an outreach program to over 70 non-anesthesia trained children, spouses, partners and parents of our Anesthesiology faculty, CRNAs and residents. The data and outcomes of the event were published in the open … Read more

When Art Imitates Life

October 12, 2017

Mr. Stephen Fairchild serves as a School of Medicine Standardized Patient (SP) to aid our learners in gaining patient assessment and communication skills. Earlier this month Fairchild also published an essay in the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) eNews … Read more

Smith moves to the Office of Rural Initiatives

September 30, 2017

On September 29th, Ms Kewana Smith transitioned from her position as the School of Medicine Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center’s Standardized Patient Coordinator to an new role as Coordinator for Interprofessional Education for Health Professions in the School of … Read more

POCUS at AMA Student Led-Leadership Conference

August 11, 2017

This past week, three UNC Medical Students attended the American Medical Association (AMA) Student Led-Leadership Conference in Ann Arbour, Michigan to present their development and successful pilot of a fully integrated pre-clinical ultrasound curriculum. Our students, Katie Butler, Lacey English, and Stephanie Sun … Read more

UNCsim at 2017 Association of Standardized Patient Educators Conference

June 10, 2017

Last week, Mr McQueen and Ms Smith from the School of Medicine’s Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center (CSPSC) team attended the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) meeting in Alexandria Virginia. Mr McQueen’s presentation “Don’t just do something…stand there!” touched on the VERY important role … Read more