The School of Medicine’s Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center has three new mannequins to facilitate simulations for students. This is the first purchase of a mannequin in nearly a decade and provides a new educational tool that reinforces UNC’s … Read more
Dr. Carol Durham, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN presented the keynote address and served on a panel this past weekend at the National League of Nursing (NLN) / Boise State University 4th Biennial Simulation Conference. Her presentation was entitled “Simulation and … Read more
The 10th International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops were held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands this week. Drs Kim Blasius from Pediatric Anesthesia and Benny Joyner from Pediatrics attended to present the abstracts. Rutledge C, Joyner B, Zinkan L, Gaither S, … Read more
Jamie Williams of UNC Health Care published a news item entitled “UNC’s Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery upends the residency interview process”. The article describes a recent article published in The Laryngoscope, detailing two years of surgical simulations in residency … Read more
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
On April 27th, members of the Anesthesia UNCsim team held a “Chest Decompression: Tubes, Needles, and Emergencies” workshop with faculty from Duke, Phoenix Mayo, the University of Pittsburgh, and Wake Forest University at the Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium in Phoenix. Participants learned … Read more
The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently held their annual Pediatric Anesthesiology meeting from Mar 23 – 25, 2018 in Phoenix. A Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) course was held as part of … Read more
The Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina (PQCNC) team began planning their Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) Reduction Project in 2017. PQCNC’s mission is to make North Carolina the best place to give birth and be born. Focusing on collaboration, resource utilization … Read more
The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) meeting was held this year in Phoenix. UNC’s own Dr Peggy McNaull was the meeting Co-Chair and put together an amazing program. Drs Kim Blasius, Matthew McDaniel, and Benny Joyner (Peds Critical Care, Clinical … Read more
Fourth year student David Schaffer presented his project on “Trainee-Led Debriefing after Simulation in Medical Education” at the Medical Education Scholarly Concentration Program. Schaffer observed sims at several hospitals and including the pediatric emergency department as well as UNC Childrens’ Pediatric … Read more
