On August 10, Gary Moss from the University Gazette published an article following a university wide emergency response drill. The article titled “University conducts successful emergency drill” describes the simulation of fatal shootings and a hostage situation at two different … Read more

This year UNC had it’s first participant, Dr. Chelsea Willie, in the 4th Annual Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia (CHOP) Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship Boot Camp on the first of August. Dr Kimberly Blasius enjoyed her 2nd time as faculty for this … Read more

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

We owe a huge thank you to the following people that have given their time to provide this interactive simulation experience: Tiffany Chesley from Carolina Air Care is a Respiratory Therapist and Coordinator for the Trauma Day event. Other personnel have … Read more

This past weekend, faculty and fellows from the Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology attended the 10th Annual Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia (CHOP) Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Basics Workshop. The workshop began in 2006 with 24 learners from 9 fellowship … Read more

The CSPSC team is happy to announce the approval of a new course designed for undergraduates that are interested in careers in health care. This entry-level medical simulation course focuses on understanding the integration of simulation technology into clinical education, patient … Read more

On July 21st, Tammy Grubb from the News & Observer published an article titled “UNC Hospitals’ student volunteers learn new skills from trauma”. The article focuses on the lessons learned and impressions of the UNC Hospitals Jr Volunteer program. The … Read more

On July 15th, UNC School of Journalism Alumni and reporter for the Durham Herald-Sun, Katie Jansen, published an article entitled “TASTE OF TRAUMA: Teens get up-close dose of workings at UNC Hospitals”. This article summarized the activities Jensen observed while attending … Read more

On July 14th, WNCN’s Carleigh Griffeth produced a news clip entitled “UNC’s ‘Trauma Day’ gives students different look at distracted driving accident”. The short video describes the “Trauma Day” held for the UNC Health Care Jr Volunteers. The case this year … Read more

In April, the Pharmaceutical Care Lab published a journal article in “Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning” describing their academic fellowship. After four years, the program has come to an end. The team, lead by Kelly L. Scolaro PharmD, created … Read more