Ori Rotstein, surgeon-in-chief at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital, didn’t know Ryerson University’s dean of engineering when he took the seat beside him at an award announcement five years ago. Before the event ended, the pair had struck an alliance, figuring there must be ways the school and hospital, located on each other’s doorsteps, could work […]

The heart in front of Dr. Glen Van Arsdell was a lifeless, white blob, hardly bigger than a tennis ball. It belonged to a 16-day-old infant. The baby had a double outlet right ventricle — a serious heart defect where both arteries arise from the right ventricle. (Source: Toronto Star)

In 2014, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) convened an expert panel to evaluate the results from the https://www.ncsbn.org/JNR_Simulation_Supplement.pdf” target=”_blank”>largest, comprehensive study to date on the use of simulation in lieu of traditional clinical experience, examine previous research, and review the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) Standards of […]

Call for chapters: “Health Professionals’ Education in the Age of Clinical Information Systems, Mobile Computing and Social Networks” We are pleased to announce the CFP for the forthcoming edited book entitled “Health Professionals’ Education in the Age of Clinical Information Systems, Mobile Computing and Social Networks”. Deadline has been extended to Tuesday, March 1, 2016. […]

McKeil School of Business (Mohawk College) professor Lisa Cuncic-Pegg has been awarded funding from the Applied Research and Innovation in Education (ARIE) fund to investigate how to integrate case-simulation and case-scenario teaching in Ontario Graduate Certificate programs. (Source: Mohawk College)

The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) officials have opened a new medical simulation training center in Queens, to help doctors and nurses practice medical emergencies and real life-saving procedures that improve safety and the patient experience. The new $750,000 simulation center features high-fidelity patient manikins and spaces that replicate operating rooms, intensive […]

To help optimize the limited time they have to evaluate and stabilize trauma patients, trauma surgeons have developed a simulation training program that saves time for evaluation and gets trauma patients to medical imaging tests faster. The report was presented at the 2015 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. (Source: Science Daily)

The Centre for Interprofessional Clinical Simulation Learning in Victoria welcomes a new life-like mannequin that can breathe, talk, cough and moan; providing future doctors, nurses and midwives an opportunity to work together on medical scenarios they are likely to find when treating patients. The $2.9 million centre will be working in partnership with Island Health, […]

Ontario college integrating more simulation and homecare training into PSW curriculum http://www.conestogac.on.ca/” target=”_blank”>Conestoga College has redesigned its entire personal support worker (PSW) program curriculum to include more simulation training. The revamped curriculum includes a special emphasis on caring for seniors in the homecare setting. Addressing a demographic shift The move towards the new curricula is […]

The University of Toronto’s Division of Orthopaedic Surgery’s move towards competency-based education The http://orthopaedics.utoronto.ca/” target=”_blank”>University of Toronto’s Division of Orthopaedic Surgery is using simulation and competency-based education to produce more competent surgeons in less time. http://www.sim-one.ca/aboutsimone/faqs” target=”_blank”>Simulation is an essential component of the Division’s novel competency-based education (CBE) model. CBE emphasizes regular assessments to determine […]

Sarnia’s Lambton College has much to be excited about, with recent joint funding from the Governments of Canada and Ontario for a new Centre for Health Education & Sustainable Care (CHESC). The facility will bring Lambton College into the forefront of health professions education. CHESC will unite faculty, students, and researchers in multi-functional laboratories, collaborative […]

RCPSC-accredited SIM programs are recognized as leaders in the field ​​ Photo: The Allan Waters Family Simulation Centre team with the accreditation certificate The Allan Waters Family Simulation Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital was recently granted five-year accreditation status by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC). http://www.royalcollege.ca/portal/page/portal/rc/members/cpd/cpd_provide… target=”_blank”>RCPSC-accredited simulation programs are […]

Simulated crash scene a powerful reminder to not text while driving Collège BorŽal created a spectacularly realistic simulated scene to help train future first responders. The scene was set up for training purposes at the 2015 mock disaster simulation event hosted by the college. No people were injured during the exercise. The realistic video and […]

CFCC Simulation Development Team brings families and clinicians together SIM-one would like to congratulate the Client and Family Centred Care (CFCC) Simulation Development Team at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital for receiving a “http://www.20faces.changefoundation.ca/” target=”_blank”>20 Faces of Change Award” for the development of four innovative simulation scenarios. The award, offered by the Change Foundation, honours […]

Centennial College hosts mass casualty simulation exercise The room was dark with a red siren serving as the only source of light. Overheard were frantic calls for help interrupted by the sound of a wailing baby. Suddenly, the door is flung open and firefighters come streaming into the room, in desperate search for survivors. The […]

Michener CASE simulationist finds pediatric manikin on SIM Marketplaceª There is no question that simulation is rapidly growing in health professions education. The value of the global healthcare simulation market, for example, is expected to more than double between 2014 and 2019—from $863.5 million to nearly $2.1 billion, according to http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/healthcare-medical-simula… target=”_blank”>market research. But this […]

Simulated bleeding provides instantaneous feedback to residents A new surgical training model that simulates patient bleeding is providing cardiothoracic surgery residents with real-life experience without compromising patient safety, according to an abstract released at the 51st Annual Meeting of http://www.sts.org/” style=”line-height: 1.6em;” target=”_blank”>The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. “The training paradigm in cardiothoracic surgery has changed […]

CAE Healthcare will broaden its medical simulation product portfolio to include VirtaMed interventional simulators for arthroscopic, urologic and gynecologic procedures. CAE Healthcare now has the rights to distribute Swiss-based VirtaMed’s ArthroS, HystSim, PelvicSim and UroSim simulators in Canada and the United States. CAE Healthcare and VirtaMed showcased the simulators at the 2015 International Meeting for […]

Simulation leader named Dean of George Washington University’s School of Nursing SIM-one would like to congratulate simulation leader Pamela Jeffries for her new role as Dean of George Washington (GW) University’s School of Nursing. Jeffries has an extensive and accomplished record. She is immediate past-president of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. She has consulted […]

Course to prepare next generation of healthcare professionals for unique needs and care challenges of older patients A new geriatric training course developed by The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences in partnership with Baycrest Health Sciences is using simulation to prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals for the unique needs and care challenges […]

Fighting fire with fire, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) http://www.problemgambling.ca/en/aboutus/Pages/default.aspx” target=”_blank”>Problem Gambling Institute of Ontario (PGIO) today launched http://www.problemgambling.ca/EN/ResourcesForProfessionals/Pages/Soul-Cr… target=”_blank”>”Soul Crush Story”, a video game designed to be an engaging way for educators to deliver health promotion messages related to video gaming to a generation of gamers. Developed as a tool for […]

Photo credit: Doug Nicholson, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre The future of health professions education was on full display at last week’s 3rd Annual Sunnybrook Education Conference. The full-day event, which took place on October 17 at http://sunnybrook.ca/calendar/event.asp?e=883″ target=”_blank”>Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, focussed on technology-enhanced learning, from simulation to virtual reality to online serious games. The […]

Simulation is being utilized to prepare for the possible spread of the Ebola virus. http://www.easternhealth.ca/Default.aspx” target=”_blank”>Eastern Health, an integrated health organization in Newfoundland and Labrador, announced it would hold a series of simulated emergency preparedness exercises on October 6 to evaluate the organization’s processes and procedures for managing potential cases of the Ebola virus. “While […]

The treatment of mental illness and addiction is an important issue in the Province of Ontario, directly or indirectly affecting one in five residents. The challenge may seem outright daunting, but one hospital—the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)—is creatively tackling this issue through simulation. In the process, CAMH is positioning itself as a […]