Mr. Stephen Fairchild serves as a School of Medicine Standardized Patient (SP) to aid our learners in gaining patient assessment and communication skills. Earlier this month Fairchild also published an essay in the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) eNews … Read more

Dr. Benny Joyner provided a Grand Rounds for the Department of Pediatrics entitled “Suspending Disbelief: Utilizing Medical Simulation to Improve Patient Care”. The presentation began with an overview of the importance of debriefing in both simulation and daily clinical care. … Read more

On September 29th, Ms Kewana Smith transitioned from her position as the School of Medicine Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center’s Standardized Patient Coordinator to an new role as Coordinator for Interprofessional Education for Health Professions in the School of … Read more

In 2007, Dr. Ed Kernick gave the Whitehead lecture entitled “Teaching, Teamwork, and Technology” where he made some predictions about the future of education at the School of Medicine. The School of Medicine released an article in their Vital Signs newsletter … Read more

On August 26th, Gene Hobbs, CHSE stepped down as the Director of Simulation for the School of Medicine and Department of Pediatrics. Hobbs has accepted a position as business manager for the Department of Neurosurgery. Hobbs joined the team in 2014. Since … Read more

Earlier today, the Consortium of Anesthesiology Patient Safety and Experiential Learning (CAPSEL) team presented Grand Rounds for the Anesthesia Department. The presentation began with Dr Rob Isaak, CAPSEL Director, providing an overview of the goals and composition of the team. He then … Read more

Last week, Mr McQueen and Ms Smith from the School of Medicine’s Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center (CSPSC) team attended the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) meeting in Alexandria Virginia. Mr McQueen’s presentation “Don’t just do something…stand there!” touched on the VERY important role … Read more

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 on Saturday, April 22nd. The purpose of the event was to educate the people who support … Read more

School of Medicine and Department of Pediatrics Director of Simulation, Gene Hobbs, CHSE, was recently interviewed by Mary Holtschneider, Med, MPA, BSN, RN-BC, NREMT-P, CPLP for an article in the Journal for Nurses in Professional Development. The interview centered on the … Read more

On April 6th, the UNC Health Care team reported on the expansion of Air Care occurring over the last year and their most recent milestone. “A little over two years ago, UNC Carolina Air Care launched a new orientation program … Read more