VR to Address Human Health Challenges
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
Using Simulation to Assess Ethical Skills
Arlene M. Davis, JD, RN of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine and Department of Social Medicine was awarded one of the 2017-18 AHEC Campus Innovation Grants. Her project titled “Using Simulation to Assess Ethical Skills in the Context of ACGME … Read more
Development of Augmented Reality Applications in the OR
The 2017 Innovation Pilot Awards were announced on March 23rd and a team from Otolaryngology and Computer Science was selected. Their project entitled “Development of Augmented Reality Applications to Improve Safety and Efficiency in the Operating Room” will receive funds to support this … Read more
Dr Tropsha awarded $2M for “Center for Innovation in Pharmacy Simulation (CIPS)”
On October 30th, 2015, David Etchison published an article announcing the first round of awards from the UNC School of Pharmacy’s Eshelman Institute for Innovation. Congratulations to Dr Tropsha for his $2 Million award to establish the “Center for Innovation in Pharmacy … Read more
Feins presented cardiac surgery curriculum to TSDA
On April 25, Richard H. Feins, M.D., a thoracic surgeon in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at UNC, presented the cardiac surgery curriculum developed with funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association (TSDA). In … Read more
NC AHEC Innovation Grant awarded
Congratulations to Drs. Rick Hobbs and Julie Byerley for being awarded a NC AHEC Innovation Grant entitled “Development of South East Area Health Education Center (SEAHEC) as a Pediatric Medical Student Clerkship Site through Faculty Development and Use of Mobile Health … Read more
UNC School of Medicine receives $1 million gift from The North Carolina Eye Bank
Stephanie Mahin published an article about a one million dollar gift to the UNC School of Medicine from the North Carolina Eye Bank to create a surgical skills lab. Read more about the gift “UNC School of Medicine receives $1 … Read more
UNC, Feins win grant to study surgery simulation training
“The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded a three-year, $1.05 million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study use of simulators for cardiac surgery training.” More about this grant award can be … Read more
Connecting the Dots: Geriatric Nursing, Education and Clinical Simulation
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery in Adelaide, Australia, co-hosted an international conference Connecting the Dots: Geriatric Nursing, Education, and Clinical Simulation in April 2009. The conference’s … Read more