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Real-time Versus Delayed Video Simulation Assessments

March 10, 2018

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

Simulation to Improve Family Understanding and Support

March 3, 2018

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

VR to Address Human Health Challenges

January 30, 2018

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 Team at IMSH2018

January 19, 2018

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

Brain aneurysm microsurgical skills lab

January 10, 2018

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

Murty heads to ECU

January 5, 2018

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

Novel simulator for robotic surgery

December 16, 2017

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

Mid Carolina Regional Advisory Committee on Trauma Simulation

December 5, 2017

The Mid Carolina Regional Advisory Committee on Trauma held a multidisciplinary table top drill focused on patient surge to the UNC Medical Center. This interprofessional exercise brings together over 20 disciplines to work through the unique challenges and problems problems … Read more