On December 22nd, Zach Read from the UNC Health Care News office published an article on the recent Sepsis UNCsim ending in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The article entitled “Sepsis Simulation: Hillsborough ED to UNC Children’s PICU” summarizes … Read more

Dr. Annette Rebel from the University of Kentucky visited the Consortium of Anesthesiology Patient Safety and Experiential Learning (CAPSEL) team this week. Dr. Rebel was awarded one of the four Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) education grants in 2015 with her mentors … Read more

The Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship program held their first Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) on October 20th. This OSCE will be the first of two that will be administered each year going forward. The Fellows had three mock clinical experiences that … Read more

Brian Loveland, BS, MPH, EMT-B performed his last session on July 24th. This was a bitter/ sweet final CPX (Clinical Performance Examination) for Brian because it was his last as staff before being on the other side of the exam. … Read more

On August 10, Gary Moss from the University Gazette published an article following a university wide emergency response drill. The article titled “University conducts successful emergency drill” describes the simulation of fatal shootings and a hostage situation at two different … Read more

More excellent work out of the #UNCsim Pharmaceutical Care Lab. The team created a fellowship program to bridge the gap that existed when new faculty are hired directly into academia without experience in education. This paper describes the process of … Read more

Zach Read published another great article showing off innovative uses of simulation at UNC. His article discusses the work from the Anesthesia Department’s Consortium of Anesthesiology Patient Safety and Experiential Learning (CAPSEL) program. Dr Rob Isaak developed a unique series … Read more

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

Zach Read published an article on “Acting and Educating” describing the role Standardized Patients are also taking on as “embedded persons” where they play the role of various other healthcare team members.

Courtney Mitchell from the University Gazette covered a story on the course taught by faculty from the School of Nursing, School of Medicine and School of Pharmacy. The course titles “Interprofessional Teamwork and Communication: Keys to Patient Safety” utilizes students … Read more