The 7th Annual You Bought the Manikin, Now What? Best Practices in Simulation Education Conference is being jointly provided with Charlotte AHEC, Greensboro AHEC, Southern Regional AHEC and in association with the N.C. AHEC Nurse Council and the North Carolina Nurses Association Simulation Council. … Read more
On January 14th, Zach Read published an article in “Vital Signs”, the UNC Health Care newsletter, discussing the recent completion of the first “Introduction to Medical Simulation” course taught through the School of Medicine. The course is intended to provide … Read more
We owe a huge thank you to the following people that have given their time to provide this interactive simulation experience: Tiffany Chesley from Carolina Air Care is a Respiratory Therapist and Coordinator for the Trauma Day event. Other personnel have … Read more
This past weekend, faculty and fellows from the Departments of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology attended the 10th Annual Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia (CHOP) Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Basics Workshop. The workshop began in 2006 with 24 learners from 9 fellowship … Read more
The CSPSC team is happy to announce the approval of a new course designed for undergraduates that are interested in careers in health care. This entry-level medical simulation course focuses on understanding the integration of simulation technology into clinical education, patient … Read more
On July 21st, Tammy Grubb from the News & Observer published an article titled “UNC Hospitals’ student volunteers learn new skills from trauma”. The article focuses on the lessons learned and impressions of the UNC Hospitals Jr Volunteer program. The … Read more
On July 15th, UNC School of Journalism Alumni and reporter for the Durham Herald-Sun, Katie Jansen, published an article entitled “TASTE OF TRAUMA: Teens get up-close dose of workings at UNC Hospitals”. This article summarized the activities Jensen observed while attending … Read more
On July 14th, WNCN’s Carleigh Griffeth produced a news clip entitled “UNC’s ‘Trauma Day’ gives students different look at distracted driving accident”. The short video describes the “Trauma Day” held for the UNC Health Care Jr Volunteers. The case this year … Read more
On June 22nd, the first overhead mock code was called at UNC Health Care. The utility of mock code drills to improve team performance has been shown. Recently, an article by a UNCsim team member, Al Bonifacio showed the benefit of … Read more
In October, UNC Healthcare published the following article on the use of simulation in Ebola preparedness. Ebola planning and preparation at UNC Hospitals, clinics — News Room – UNC Health Care.
