Building up Medical Education in Baghdad
Mark Derewicz summarized the visit by a delegation from the University of Baghdad College of Medicine. The International Medical Corps funded a collaboration to grow the curricula in the 23 medical schools throughout Iraq. Read more in Derewicz’s article “Building up Medical Education in … Read more
UNC Fields First Team for CLARION Competition
On April 11th and 12th, UNC sent its first team to the National CLARION Interprofessional Team Case Competition. The competition is held annually by the University of Minnesota. Dr Kelly Scolaro, from the School of Pharmacy served as the team’s … Read more
Simulation-based teaching: resisting the allure of shiny new toys
Dr Steiner offers his views on the use of simulation in this editorial. Steiner BD. Simulation-based teaching: resisting the allure of shiny new toys. Fam Med. 2014 Apr;46(4):249-50.
Carol Durham named President-Elect INACSL for 2014
Carol Durham was named President-Elect International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning for the 2014 – 2015 term. It was announced in the Spring 2014 Issue of Carolina Nursing 14(1):8. The announcement can be found here.
Simulator training enhances resident performance in transesophageal echocardiography
The #UNCsim team from the Department of Anesthesia just published an article on the use of their transesophageal echocardiography simulator in resident training. Ferrero NA, Bortsov AV, Arora H, Martinelli SM, Kolarczyk LM, Teeter EC, Zvara DA, Kumar PA. Simulator … Read more
Acting and Educating
Zach Read published an article on “Acting and Educating” describing the role Standardized Patients are also taking on as “embedded persons” where they play the role of various other healthcare team members.
Collaborative class helps health-care students learn to lean on teams
Courtney Mitchell from the University Gazette covered a story on the course taught by faculty from the School of Nursing, School of Medicine and School of Pharmacy. The course titles “Interprofessional Teamwork and Communication: Keys to Patient Safety” utilizes students … Read more
Hand motion patterns of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery certified and noncertified surgeons
Drs Overby and Watson published a paper on surgical fundamentals using simulation technology. Overby DW, Watson RA. Hand motion patterns of Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery certified and noncertified surgeons. Am J Surg. 2014 Feb;207(2):226-30. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.10.007. Epub 2013 Oct 24. PMID: … Read more
Development of an EMS curriculum
Dr Brice was joined by many colleagues from around the country to produce an article on the “Development of an EMS curriculum”. Brice JH, Perina DG, Liu JM, Braude DA, Rinnert KJ, MacDonald RD. Development of an EMS curriculum. Prehosp … Read more
CPX brings together standardized patients and a high-tech monitoring system to test medical students
Zach Read published an article on the medical student Clinical Performance Examination (CPX). The article can be found here: “CPX brings together standardized patients and a high-tech monitoring system to test medical students” “To graduate from the UNC School of … Read more