The Department of Otolaryngology held their 2nd annual UNC Head and Neck Microvascular Course on June 2nd. This course is a one day skills program designed to provide hands-on experience using cadaver specimens aimed at the head and neck surgeons … Read more
The School of Medicine’s Clinical Skills and Patient Simulation Center has three new mannequins to facilitate simulations for students. This is the first purchase of a mannequin in nearly a decade and provides a new educational tool that reinforces UNC’s … Read more
The 10th International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops were held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands this week. Drs Kim Blasius from Pediatric Anesthesia and Benny Joyner from Pediatrics attended to present the abstracts. Rutledge C, Joyner B, Zinkan L, Gaither S, … Read more
On May 8th the “Blending the Blues” collaborative held an interprofessional education (IPE) Faculty Development to Avoid the Tragedy of Miscommunication at End of Life at the Duke University School of Nursing. This incredible session involved learning about facilitating end … Read more
On April 27th, members of the Anesthesia UNCsim team held a “Chest Decompression: Tubes, Needles, and Emergencies” workshop with faculty from Duke, Phoenix Mayo, the University of Pittsburgh, and Wake Forest University at the Thoracic Anesthesia Symposium in Phoenix. Participants learned … Read more
The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) meeting was held this year in Phoenix. UNC’s own Dr Peggy McNaull was the meeting Co-Chair and put together an amazing program. Drs Kim Blasius, Matthew McDaniel, and Benny Joyner (Peds Critical Care, Clinical … Read more
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
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
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
