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
The Anesthesia CAPSEL team published an article entitled “Comparing Real-time Versus Delayed Video Assessments for Evaluating ACGME Sub-competency Milestones in Simulated Patient Care Environments” in the Cureus Journal this week. Click here to download this open access publication. Isaak R, Stiegler … Read more
Last year, the Department of Anesthesiology hosted a “Family Day Simulation Event” as an outreach program to over 70 non-anesthesia trained children, spouses, partners and parents of our Anesthesiology faculty, CRNAs and residents. The data and outcomes of the event were published in the open … Read more
The Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s Journal released an article on the anesthesia residency milestone evaluation validity assessment ahead of print. This award winning project has lead to the development of many other milestone projects including the Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship … Read more
On January 26th, Dr. Jason Franz from the Joint UNC-CH and NCSU Biomedical Engineering Department presented with a team of Virtual Reality (VR) experts from around the Triangle to provide an overview of resources available within the UNC System for research, … Read more
UNCsim had another strong presence at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) this weekend in Los Angeles. Medical students Mr. O’Gorman and Mr. Cutshaw presented on their Simulation Lab Integrated Curriculum Experience (SLICE) student driven skills sessions. The … Read more
Today at the International Meeting on Medical Simulation (IMSH), Gene Hobbs, former Director of Simulation for Pediatrics and the School of Medicine, was recognized by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) Simulation Operations and Technology Section (SOTS) for his … Read more
On January 8th, the Department of Neurosurgery’s weekly resident surgical skills lab focused on aneurysm & microvascular dissection. This unique lab utilized fresh tissue to simulate normal and abnormal brain tissue. Neurosurgery faculty Drs. Hadar, Sasaki-Adams, and Quinsey were joined by the … Read more
Mr. Neal Murty has served as the Manager of The Multidisciplinary Simulation Laboratory, formerly the Clinical Learning and Research (CLeAR) Center. During his tenure, Murty helped facilitate the lab becoming an Accredited Education Institue by the American College of Surgeons. The … Read more
Drs. Schlottmann and Patti published an article in The Journal of Robotic Surgery this month on the use of a porcine organ block based simulator for training robotic surgery. The image to the right is from the article and shows the … Read more
