The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has signed a $1.1 million agreement to provide simulation education to OBGYN physicians and perinatal nurses at each of its 45 birthing hospitals through SimCOACH, in effort to reduce the rate of C-sections in South Carolina. (Source: Jasper County Sun Times)

The leadership at the University of Michigan’s nursing school says there is value in students making mistakes while treating patients. And when the patients aren’t real, that’s even better. The Ann Arbor school’s new state-of-the-art Clinical Learning Center building features six simulation rooms that house high-fidelity mannequins capable of bleeding, vomiting and even giving birth […]

It feels like home — yet it’s actually a teaching facility. On April 14, Dalhousie’s School of Occupational Therapy unveiled brand new renovations to its simulation suite. Located on the second floor of the Forrest Building, the suite assists students by allowing them to run simulations putting theory into practice, gaining skills in assisting persons […]

Experience is a wonderful teacher, especially when it comes to practicing medicine. After hitting the books and before leaping into real-world practice, simulation centers can act as a crucial intermediary between the two. And not only do they help to train the next generation of medical providers, but they also can give health care veterans […]

The Government of Canada has launched the application process for a new $2B fund that will improve research and innovation infrastructure at universities and colleges across the country. Quick Facts. The Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund was first announced in Budget 2016. The Fund will enhance and modernize research facilities on Canadian campuses and improve […]

Collège BorŽal hosted a regional Practical Nursing Seminar at its Timmins campus on Friday for students in Northern communities enrolled in Registered Practical Nursing programs. Students from Timmins, Kapuskasing, Hearst and New Liskeard came together at the campus to take part in a series of laboratory simulations throughout the day, hear presentations about diabetes and […]

The Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Jenny Rudolph, PhD, as CMS Executive Director, beginning July 1, 2016. Dr. Rudolph is succeeding Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD, who announced his decision last year to hand over the reins of the organization that he founded in 1993. Dr. […]

Thanks to the very generous donation of funding by Norm Mayer, Covenant Health St. Mary’s Hospital was recently able to purchase the Laerdal “Mega-Code Kelly” simulator system. This includes a mannequin, simulation tablet hardware, simulation software, startup tech support and training for up to eight staff members on how to run medical simulation scenarios for […]

Dr. Jeff Wiseman, an Internal Medicine physician at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (RVH-MUHC), assistant professor of Medicine at McGill University and core member of the McGill Centre for Medical Education, is currently developing a serious medical smartphone-based game called The Deteriorating Patient with the aim of helping medical students […]

Women’s College Hospital’s (WCH) http://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/news-and-events/Connect-2016/Educati… style=”margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(0, 115, 137); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px;” target=”_blank”>Centre for Ambulatory Care Education (CACE) is thrilled to announce the launch of http://cacehome.ca/” style=”margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; […]

Funding is needed for the training lab being built at the Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital. AHS Consultant, Jill is responsible for the future simulation centre and says “There will be every different shape and size of mannequin.” Jill adds “We can do any simulation the educators can dream up depending on the learning needs of […]

As Canadian educators who have worked with simulation-based pedagogy for many years we read with interest the editorial ‘http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jan.12891/abstract” target=”_blank”>Living dolls and nurses without empathy’. The authors of the article expressed a concern that all of us working in simulation have encountered: namely that a manikin – or any simulator, for that matter – cannot […]

Our students are voicing strong support for the continuation and expansion of the use of simulation. This pilot project certainly inspired me to find out if simulation can be a potential answer for teaching the art and science of social work practice. (Blog post) (Source: carleton.ca)

Roughly five million Canadians are affected by dyslexia, a learning disability which can make reading and writing a challenge. Swedish web developer Victor Widell found a way to show just how much of a struggle it can be for some people. He used computer code to scramble the letters in a passage of text based […]

Oxford Brookes University in the UK has devised a training program to support people with dementia. The university’s Dementia Simulation Training provides commissioners, healthcare professionals, and care staff with an increased awareness of what people living with dementia experience on a daily basis. (Source: carehome.co.uk)

Confederation College students get a taste of real-world emergency situations. Those training to be paramedics, police officers, firefighters, nurses and radiation technologists teamed up in a practical emergency scenario for the second Inter-Professional Education Day. (Source: tbnewswatch.com)

Today, Ontario celebrated the opening of the Mechatronics Simulation and Demonstration Centre at Seneca College, a first-in-Ontario facility that will help students develop the cutting-edge skills they need to find jobs in the province’s manufacturing sector. (Source: ontario.ca)

Could the province’s first responders and hospitals adequately handle two mass casualty emergencies? That’s what will be determined Thursday (Feb. 18) at Centennial College’s Morningside campus where 500 volunteers will stage a subway crash and a mass shooting as part of a training and testing exercise. (Source: Scarborough Mirror)

The man in the hospital bed is a real dummy and nursing student Josie Smith knows it. He’s coughing and complaining a lot about how he can’t breathe. But Smith throws her training into practice and does everything she can to make this “mannequin with a voice” comfortable — checking his oxygen supply and monitors […]

On Wednesday, February 3, the auditorium of the Michener Institute was full with healthcare, education, and government leaders to mark an historic launch of a new “Made in Ontario” healthcare education model in Canada: The Michener Institute of Education at UHN. “This is a first of its kind merger in Canada, where two leading institutions […]

It was an exciting day at Conestoga College as the school celebrated the grand opening of their new Motz Pre-Hospitalization Laboratory. The state-of-the-art lab is located at the Cowan Health Sciences Centre at Conestoga’s Doon campus, and was supported through a leadership gift provided by the Motz family. (Source: 570 News)

Check out the SimMan Heart Rhythm/Sound Combinations technician cheat sheet, kindly provided by Trevor Snow, Simulation Technologist from Eastern Health. Thanks to SimEd – Simulation Education Resource Portal – for sharing this tip!

Competency-based training is the new wave in medical education and Quebec’s medical schools are gearing up to expand their use of this type of medical training for residents, which has already been introduced in family medicine programs in the province. (Source: Montreal Gazette)

A group of Toronto doctors have successfully performed a hand and forearm transplant — the first in Canada — paving the way for the specialized procedure to be offered in the country. (Source: CTV News)