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Public Health Team at SwitchPoint

May 1, 2016

Drs. Jennifer Elliott and Dilshad Jaff from the Gillings School of Public Health presented at SwitchPoint on “Virtual Reality and Training for Complex Emergencies”. Dr. Jaff discussed lessons learned from his humanitarian work in Iraq. Dr. Elliott emphasized the advantages of Virtual … Read more

School hosts workshop on global health innovation for complex emergencies

April 2, 2016

On March 31st, the Gillings School of Global Public Health summarized the “Innovating Global Public Health for Complex Emergencies” workshop that took place on March 5th. “The workshop, “Innovating Global Public Health for Complex Emergencies,” engaged faculty members, Gillings School students, and professionals … Read more

Innovating Global Public Health for Complex Emergencies

February 22, 2016

On Saturday March 5th, the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is hosting a “Innovating Global Public Health for Complex Emergencies Workshop”. Many educators from the UNCsim community will be a part of this workshop. They will be discussing … Read more

UNC Simulation MHA Capstones

May 12, 2015

This past year, two teams of Master’s of Health Administration (MHA) students from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health completed capstone projects related to simulation activities at UNC Hospitals and within the Clinical Learning and Research (CLeAR) Center. … Read more

Medical Mandarin Course Offered in School of Medicine

January 4, 2015

On January 2nd the Carolina Asia Center posted an article about the School of Medicine’s new medical Mandarin course. The course utilizes standardized patient experiences in the Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center to give the learners exposure and practice interacting with Mandarin … Read more

Embracing Technology to Teach Millennials

May 1, 2013

Kathleen Kearns published an article on a simulation game developed by Dr. James Porto Jr. to simulate the decisions made by a state entity in response to events like a chemical spill or the financial crises of a health system. The game, FranklinStateSim, … Read more