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The SSH Internal Relations Committee (IRC) has been busy since IMSH. We said goodbye to our Chair and Vice Chair of three years, Rich Friedland and Alexis Battista, respectively. We also said goodbye to our Board Liaison, Bob Armstrong. Rich has moved to the SSH Board of Directors and will serve as the Board Liaison to the IRC while Alexis will remain a member of the IRC. Bob has been elected SSH President-Elect.
The IRC is now headed up by Amar Patel, Chair, and Russ Metcalfe-Smith, Vice-Chair. The committee currently has four subcommittees. The first is Membership, which is headed by Tim Whitaker, John Dean and Cheryl Scott. The next is the Interest Groups, headed by Dr. Greg Wiet, Dr. Meridith Lind, Alexis Battista and Chris Mcclanahan. The SimConnect Subcommitee is headed by Krista Anderson and Marlo Cooper. A new subcommittee added this year by Chair Amar Patel is the Renewal Technology Subcommittee, headed by Matt Charnetski and Hans Lamkin. This subcommittee will be looking at new and innovative ways to contact members about their SSH membership renewal notices. Currently, all of the renewal notices are being sent by email. Large numbers of these notices bounce back each month. We hope to find better ways to communicate with our members on these, so there are no inadvertent lapses in membership.
The IRC is charged with supporting the growth, development and advancement of the general membership, Sections, Special Interest Groups (SIGs), and Affinity Groups (AG). If you have any feedback or suggestions in any of these areas, please do not hesitate to contact any of the committee members. Ashley Grossman, SSH Membership Coordinator, and I always want to hear from the SSH members as well. This is YOUR Society and we want to make your membership experience the very best it can be! ~ Kathryn Elliott Pullins
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Simulation Operations Specialists are key players and problem solvers on the simulation team. How have you honed your craft and helped organize the chaos in healthcare simulation? The Planning Committee is seeking novice and expert course proposals that will help inform organizational work in simulation operations, open the door to new technologies and enhance the professional development of the simulation operations specialist.
This year, the Planning Committee is highlighting three main objectives:
Strategize
Interactive, hands-on sessions to provide attendees with solid, useful materials to take away and implement. Submitters are encouraged to include the use of equipment and supplies in their course proposals. A list of available simulation equipment is available here: SimOps 2019 Content Submission homepage.
Standardize
Formalize the Simulation Operations Specialist career and responsibilities. These submissions will focus on common challenges, tasks, and responsibilities we share as Simulation Operations Specialists.
Synergize
Special invitation for submission to members of the SSH Simulation Operations and Technology Section (SOTS) to bring your knowledge and expertise to SimOps 2019.
Special Interest
In addition to these themes, the Planning Committee has identified additional topics of importance for the 2019 program: Big data, multi-site collaboration projects, career development, and teamwork.
First-Time Presenters
SimOps encourages first-time presenters to submit. If you have questions on if you should submit or how to submit, please contact Christina Tenorio.
Submit SimOps 2019 Content Here
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The SimOps 2019 Planning Committee is now accepting course proposal submissions and SimVentors Showcase entries. SimOps 2019 will be held July 17-19, 2019 at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, Virginia.
Southwestern University
Last summer, three Southwestern students stood near the head of a patient undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. Viewers of medical dramas on television might be surprised to know that “there was not a lot of blood involved,” says Karen Rativa ’20. Athena Pinero ’20 agrees: “It’s fairly contained. There are a lot of tubes, a lot of tools and a lot of machines, though.” The third student, Kirhyn Stein ’20, adds, “The only surprising thing was the smell of the cauterizing.” Apparently, surgeons must literally burn patients’ flesh to decrease blood loss during incisions. All three students confirm that the odor is off-putting at first. “But after a while,” Stein assures me, “you get used to it.”
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Laerdal's Simulation User Network (SUN) takes place April 24th-26th in Uncasville, Connecticut and is an opportunity to discover, unite and learn with fellow simulation educators. B-Line Medical will be present to demonstrate the latest SimCapture release and to discuss the exciting implications of their new partnership with Laerdal. We encourage you to attend SUN, as it will leave you feeling invigorated, inspired, and equipped with practical tools to incorporate into your training program. It’s a place to meet others who have objectives in simulation, connect with industry leading experts and experience best practices overall. Click the headline link for more information and to register.
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A healthcare wearable is improving the lives and performances of U.S. soldiers by using a body sensor system worn across the chest to keep them safe from heat-related injuries. Equivital, the company which developed the LifeMonitor product, is the only wearable tech firm in the world to have FDA 510K clearance, meaning the sensor can be worn in hazardous and potentially explosive environments, like warzones. Based in Cambridge, it develops customised technical products to achieve accurate, precise and real-time mobile human data to monitor and maintain the well-being of wearers.
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Virtual Clinical Scenarios are dynamic, gamified online assignments that enable nursing students to practice clinical decision-making, earn simulated clinical hours or even prepare for the NCLEX. With a portfolio of scenarios to choose from, nursing educators can easily integrate them into related courses and curricula. ATTEND A WEBINAR:
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A simulated birth by a high-tech female mannequin may sound far-fetched, but it helps students at the University of Texas Health San Antonio School of Nursing know what to expect in real life. James Cleveland, Ph.D., director of the school’s Center for Simulation Innovation, said simulators — including one that looks, sounds and feels like a real newborn baby are valuable training tools. Cleveland said using simulation mannequins helps provide students “a safe place to make mistakes.” “Here they can be primary players. They can get used to that stress response and have that hand-over-hand experience,” Cleveland said. “That really builds confidence, skills and ultimately can save lives.”
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Forget foldable phones. How about skin-like CE with stretchable sensors that can scan sweat, tears or saliva for use in healthcare monitoring, smart prosthetics or robots with enhanced sense capabilities? According to Wei Wu, a materials scientist at China’s Wuhan University, the era of stretchable CE is nearly upon us. While fabrication of artificial skin remains complex and time consuming, and materials and manufacturing challenges remain, he said the technology is quickly emerging as a promising new wrinkle in next-generation wearable devices.
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Virtual surgical training is getting an extra layer of immersion that will let trainees actually feel what they're doing. London-based Fundamental VR, makers of a virtual reality training solution called the Fundamental Surgery platform has announced that HaptX Gloves will now be implemented into the platform to provide users with a sense of touch as they navigate medical training simulations. Rather than a self-contained solution, Fundamental VR's solution, branded as a “flight simulator for surgeons” is designed to be equipment agnostic — meaning it is compatible with any VR headset and PC or laptop capable of running VR applications. Fundamental VR said its system is designed to evolve as new hardware innovations, such as the HaptX Gloves hit the market.
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A high number of emergency responders flooded an Eastern Carolina airport recently, but there was no cause for alarm. The Pitt-Greenville Airport hosted an emergency disaster drill with multiple agencies to practice what to do in the event of a plane crash. The airport does these drills once every three years and it's required by the Federal Aviation Administration. First responders from all over Pitt County, North Carolina, participated in the drill which gives them the chance to practice unique lifesaving skills.
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists® and CAE Healthcare bring simulation to you with Anesthesia SimSTAT! Practicing physicians will experience high-fidelity scenarios in a virtual environment to help improve performance in the management of anesthesia emergencies while fulfilling continuing medical education and MOCA 2.0® Part II and IV requirements.
New scenario now available!
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Working together to deliver seamless patient care is critical to improving the patient journey and reducing harm. As healthcare becomes more specialized, a patient will likely experience an increase in handoffs between clinicians and departments. SimMan® patient simulators support team training, facilitating effective communication during these transitions to identify and rectify risks along the way.
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Lexology
Virtual reality used to be associated solely with entertainment (mainly games) and the provision of virtual walk-throughs and immersive environments for product designers, architects, archaeologists and the like. Furthermore, apart from the need to accommodate the psychological and visual disorientation and other side effects such an immersive 3D environment has the potential to provoke, the legal, contractual and intellectual property ramifications of the technology were little different from those thrown up any other product combining hardware, software and audio-visual content.
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As spring settles in and temperature rise, athletes around the country will head outdoors to test their limits of speed and endurance — often training in extreme heat and humidity. While dehydration is a concern for all competitors, monitoring one’s electrolyte levels is often no more scientific than tracking the amount of water consumed. As no two players are alike, such practices often result in data that’s both inefficient and ineffective.
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More effectively design, manage, deliver and measure screen-based, physical and VR simulation training with a single solution. Health Scholars One™ blended learning platform and content applications are designed specifically for clinicians and promote patient safety scenarios that are often not readily available or difficult to scale.
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Silicon Republic
Research led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has shown that hospitals are hugely vulnerable to potentially disastrous phishing attacks. As the world becomes increasingly digitized, more businesses are grappling with how cybersecurity threats could impact them. The threat cybercriminals pose is particularly potent for the healthcare industry; a successful phishing attack could not only compromise patient data, but could wreak havoc on patient care.
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When it comes to acting ill, Diane Bulan is a veteran. "I've been sick for quite some time," jokes Bulan, a perfectly healthy Kansas City actor who has worked as a "standardized patient" for about 15 years. "I've been sick for quite some time," jokes Bulan, a perfectly healthy Kansas City actor who has worked as a "standardized patient" for about 15 years. A system was eventually developed to standardize the process (this is a science, after all) thereby ensuring each med student saw the same set of maladies in a simulation, and each actor was exhibiting them in the same way.
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Pharma Times
Marcus Vass and Jane Whitcombe consider the future for digital health and some of the key tech collaborations that will start to make a difference to patients over the next year. Technology is transforming the health sector and will continue to do so throughout 2019 and beyond. We are already seeing a number of key technologies that are having a fundamental impact on the way in which healthcare is accessed and provided. Here we highlight examples of collaborations that are already, or on the brink of, transforming the landscape.
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