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Journal Star
Virtual reality is the latest frontier in what's been a nearly constantly evolving industry of medical imaging.
When Dr. Mark Plunkett began his pediatric cardiology practice in the mid-90s, the main diagnostic tool he used was cardiac catheterization, then echocardiography.
More recently, CT and MRI imaging have advanced to the point that the data could be reconstructed into three-dimensional images — a development that led to a partnership between Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center and the National Institute of Health to create a digital exchange where doctors and hospitals can freely access these images.
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AMA Wire
When a team of researchers from the main graduate medical education accrediting agency visited several hundred training sites to determine the state of patient safety training, they found that many residents and fellows lacked both an awareness of the range of conditions that define patient safety and an understanding of how clinical learning environments (CLE) use reportable events to improve systems of care. A report clarifies what needs to be done to ensure physicians-in-training are up to speed on the science and practice of patient safety.
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Business Insider
Cleft lip and palate repair is a delicate procedure, and the outcome is sometimes hard to predict. One wrong move inside the tiny mouth of a 1-year-old could mean a child with speech defects, problems eating, or lifelong problems breathing. Training for the surgery takes years of practice. One of the world's most common surgeries in children has been taught for decades using a Styrofoam cup. For years, no other model existed. But in Toronto, a plastic surgery resident has fused his engineering and medical skills to build 3-D printed models that resemble children's mouths.
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Capnography is an essential tool to assess and treat numerous conditions, ranging from respiratory distress to sepsis. Track expired or exhaled carbon dioxide, known as ETCO2, to monitor the effectiveness of chest compression and correct placement of an endotracheal tube. EMTs can easily learn and utilize this assessment tool either to assist the ALS provider or as a triage tool to identify those patients who require ALS interventions. Here are five patient scenarios to teach capnography to BLS providers while utilizing simulation as an educational tool.
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The Post
With new virtual reality simulations, medical students can practice procedures and gain confidence in their craft faster. Since receiving an $878,000 grant from Ohio University's Innovation Strategy program, the Immersive Media Initiative team was able to begin work on a handful of virtual reality projects. Last summer, the Immersive Media Initiative shot 360-degree footage of emergency room patients. This was their first project in virtual reality healthcare. With the ER simulation, medical students have a chance to observe more of the process.
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An in-house 3-D printing lab at Mount Sinai Medical Center on New York's Upper East Side is turning out one-to-one scale models of skull-base tumors, curved spines and other problems for doctors performing complex surgeries. Physicians use the 3-D models to determine the least invasive procedure for a particular case, practice techniques in advance of an operation, and educate their patients, who can actually hold replicas of their body parts in their own hands.
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News Medical
Today, Touch Surgery, the mobile surgical simulation platform, in partnership with DAQRI, the enterprise Augmented Reality (AR) company have launched new surgical training capabilities, enabling people to perform next to "real life" surgical procedures. The development brings AR into the OR allowing surgeons to practice surgery in a virtual operating room on a virtual patient, with the aim of improving access to high quality surgical care globally.
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Blended Learning with vSim® for Nursing and Scenarios from the National League for Nursing.
When students experience the same patient encounter through different technologies, it allows them to reinforce their knowledge and gradually build confidence and competence.
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WNYC-FM
Simulation drills and exercises are a key part of what keep deliveries relatively safe at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, while women in other Brooklyn hospitals face much higher rates of life-threatening complication. And simulations aren't just for hemorrhages and other emergencies. Sometimes during demonstrations, senior doctors will make intentional errors to see if anyone notices and speaks up.
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The Economic Times
Lauding the emergence of robotics in oncological surgeries, medical experts from across India recently endorsed the idea as the future of cancer treatment. Experts said surgical management of tumors via robotics is more accurate and makes the job of doctors easier, without the necessity of using a microscope. This also changes the experience for patients as it is done with less incision and speeds up recovery time.
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Northwest Boom & Senior News
Local first responders are becoming dementia-savvy, thanks to a unique training program through ComForCare. A provider of private-duty home care, ComForCare puts trainees through a Virtual Dementia Tour in which the participants put on gloves, wear goggles that have been blacked out to limit their visual field, and put popcorn kernels in their shoes.
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