Gilchrist Named Director of Ultrasound Education
Michael Gilchrist, MD MPH, has been named Director of Ultrasound Education for Medical Students in the UNC School of Medicine. Gilchrist, an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, co-directs Patient Centered Care (PCC), a course … Read more
Duke|UNC Collaborative Holds 2nd Event at DUSON
The Duke | UNC Interprofessional Education Collaborative held the second event at the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) on April 18th. The event began with a welcome to the Duke campus from the School of Medicine Associate Dean of … Read more
Inaugural Pain Fellowship Simulation Workshop
The UNC Department of Anesthesia Pain Fellowship held their first annual simulation workshop on August 25th. Drs. Jowza and James brought the new pain fellows together to run simulations of common situations they would be experiencing throughout their careers. The … Read more
Standardized Mixed-Fidelity Simulation for ACGME Milestones Competency Assessment and Objective Structured Clinical Exam Preparation
A team lead by UNC Anesthesiologist Dr. Rob Isaak recently had a paper accepted by the journal Medical Science Educator online. The article will be in print soon but check it out now by clicking the link below. Isaak R, Chen … Read more
UNCsim at Association of Standardized Patient Educators Conference
Last week, Ms Messina 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 Tampa, Florida. There was strong interest from the group for Ms Smith’s abstract describing the gamification … Read more
CSPSC Team welcomes new Training Specialist
The School of Medicine’s Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center welcomes Dennis Bolde to the team this week to fill the Training Specialist position. Dennis joins the team from Tallahassee Florida where he has served as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Dennis brings … Read more
Inaugural SonoSlam medical student competition
On March 17, 2016, a team from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine Charlotte Campus participated in the first national medical student ultrasound competition sponsored by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) in New York. A total of … Read more
FAER Awardee Attends Anesthesia OCSE
Dr. Annette Rebel from the University of Kentucky visited the Consortium of Anesthesiology Patient Safety and Experiential Learning (CAPSEL) team this week. Dr. Rebel was awarded one of the four Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) education grants in 2015 with her mentors … Read more
2nd Annual Pediatric mini-PICU Boot Camp
The new NC Children’s Simulation Center was the location of this past week’s annual Pediatric mini-PICU boot camp. The workshop was attended by 30+ pediatric and medicine/pediatric residents and medical students. It was a great chance to use the new … Read more
Development of a one-year academic fellowship in a skills lab environment
More excellent work out of the #UNCsim Pharmaceutical Care Lab. The team created a fellowship program to bridge the gap that existed when new faculty are hired directly into academia without experience in education. This paper describes the process of … Read more