NCSBN invites Carol Durham to join simulation task force
Carol Fowler Durham, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, joins an eight member task force formed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) to develop simulation guidelines for state boards of nursing. This task force is formed in response to … Read more
Welcoming “Victoria” to NC Women’s Hospital
The NC Women’s Hospital education team purchased a Gaumard Scientific “Victoria” tetherless obstetric simulator at the end of 2014. The mannequin was delivered, set-up, and the staff trained in “her” operations. The first use of this amazing resource occurred on … 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
A dress rehearsal for surgery
UNC School of Medicine’s Austin Rose, MD, associate professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Ola Harrysson, PhD, professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State University created 3D-printed models of temporal bones to be used for surgical simulation … Read more
Events page is functional, please send upcoming #UNCsim events
The Events page is up and the tests appear to be working. Please send events where you will be presenting #UNCsim related abstracts, workshops, or anything else you think the #UNCsim community would be interested in hearing about. Email: uncsim … Read more
Implementing the standards of best practice for simulation
Dr. Carol Durham of the #UNCsim EISLE team was co author of a publication discussing the way to apply best practices “to improve education, increase patient safety, and reduce variability in simulation experiences.” Rutherford-Hemming T, Lioce L, Durham CF. Implementing … Read more
Tailored training prepares UNC anesthesiology residents
Zach Read published another great article showing off innovative uses of simulation at UNC. His article discusses the work from the Anesthesia Department’s Consortium of Anesthesiology Patient Safety and Experiential Learning (CAPSEL) program. Dr Rob Isaak developed a unique series … Read more
Filling in the holes
We are starting to be happy with the formatting and menu structure we have put together. We will be contacting the various simulation teams we have identified soon to request their assistance. If you don’t see your team listed yet, … Read more
Medical Mandarin Course Offered in School of Medicine
On January 2nd the Carolina Asia Center posted an article about the School of Medicine’s new medical Mandarin course. The course utilizes standardized patient experiences in the Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center to give the learners exposure and practice interacting with Mandarin … Read more
Use #UNCsim for all your social media posts
We will be monitoring Twitter and Facebook for activity that utilizes #UNCsim. Please start adding this hashtag to your posts so we can continue to build the momentum of what simulation is at UNC.