TeamSTEPPS hits the ORs at UNC Medical Center
This fiscal year, TeamSTEPPS training of health-care professionals involved in patient care is an organizational goal across UNC Medical Center. On Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, more than 600 physicians and staff who work in operating rooms at UNC Hospitals, Ambulatory … Read more
CLeAR renamed to Multidisciplinary Simulation Laboratory
The Department of Surgery announced today that the The Clinical Learning and Research (CLeAR) Center is being renamed to the Multidisciplinary Simulation Laboratory. You can read about the name change here.
Yes, You Can! Using Simulation in Quality Improvement!
On Oct 12th, members of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) community gathered for a lunch and learn presentation outlining simulation opportunities for integrating simulation into Quality Improvement (QI) projects. The team had the opportunity … Read more
Kellish Returns to NC Childrens
Ashley Kellish DNP, MSN, RN, CCNS, CCRN left UNC in 2015 to serve as the Faculty Development Educator for Boston Children’s Hospital. In returning to NC Children’s, she brings back tremendous experience in instructional design and psychological safety. In 2013, Kellish … Read more
All Too Real
UNC Hospitals participated in a mass casualty exercise in August. The event was held in conjunction with the University Police annual active shooter drill. The interdisciplinary team responded to injuries and fatalities that occurred on campus. To read more about … Read more
Summer Volunteer Trauma Day Experience
UNC Tar Heel Trauma completed another round of their annual Summer Volunteer Trauma Day experiences. Thank you to all of the services and departments who championed our program this year. This year the program focused on driving while fatigued and … Read more
UNCsim Team Attends SimOps 2016 Conference
The first annual SimOps Conference was hosed by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) in Greenville South Carolina this week. The venue for the event was the Healthcare Simulation South Carolina facility that serves 14 member collaborative programs. Ms Leanne … Read more
Trauma Day Event Discusses Consequences of Driving Tired
UNC Health Care hosted the first of their annual “Trauma Day” simulations for the hospital junior volunteers yesterday. The event coordinated by UNC Emergency Department Nurse Educator Heather Tuttle brings our Jr Volunteers in contact with numerous departments and clinicians. They … Read more
Tarheel Trauma Go Live
Today, UNC Trauma Services went live with their new Tarheel Trauma protocol. In the February of 2016, Dr. Daryhl Johnson and UNC Trauma Leaders were awarded a $50,000 seed grant from the Institute of Healthcare Quality and Innovation (IHQI) to … Read more
NC Children’s ECMO team training
On May 23rd and 26th, a team lead by Dr. Jennifer Nelson and Dr. Katherine Clement came together at NC Children’s Hospital to lead an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) case simulation. The case was run to assist the team in improving … Read more