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As 2016 comes to a close, SSH would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of Simulation Spotlight a look at the most accessed articles from the year. We will provide another look back at the top exclusive articles from the year on Dec. 28. Our regular publication will resume Wednesday, Jan. 4.
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NBC News
From Oct. 13: The FDA has approved the first artificial pancreas — a cellphone-sized device that automatically takes care of checking a patient's blood sugar and delivers lifesaving insulin as needed.
The surprise approval — it wasn't expected until next year sometime — means patients with type-1 diabetes will be able to hook up the device and skip the regular finger pricks to constantly check their blood sugar.
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Orland Sentinel
From Sept. 14: A clinical simulation center is opening on the campus of the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center, featuring an ambulance bay, two operating rooms, three intensive care units and a "patient" that responds to anesthesia like a real human. There are other simulation centers in VA medical centers, but SimLEARN is the largest simulation facility across the VA and one of the 10 largest simulation centers in the United States, officials said.
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University of Toronto
From Nov. 2: A new simulator developed by University of Toronto medical resident and IBBME Ph.D. candidate Dale Podolsky may help doctors to better perform uniquely challenging cleft palate surgeries.
Cleft palate is a potentially serious birth defect that affects 400 to 500 Canadian babies each year. The tissue on the roof of the mouth does not join together completely during pregnancy and can lead to problems with feeding, ear infections and speaking.
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The Columbus Dispatch
From Nov. 30: Kaite Minser, who holds a bachelor's degree in theater design from Ohio State University, prides herself on making medical-training simulations as realistic as possible. That means using cadavers and cadaver parts, cow eyes and pig lungs, mannequins, skin-color craft supplies, items from the grocery-store baking aisle and party-store swag — all to create lifelike medical training on a minuscule budget.
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Express
From Sept. 28: A researcher has used 3-D printing to create an imitation human body, complete with realistic living organs — in a bid to help train surgeons dealing with emergency trauma surgery. The model was created from silicone gels and fibers to help prepare trainee surgeons for the mental and physical experience of operating on chest organs. It was created using CT scans of real organs to create lifelike simulations of the heart, lungs and great vessels in the chest.
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FierceHealthIT
From June 8: New research suggests that hospitals with a strong patient safety culture may not actually keep patients more safe.
The study, published in BMJ Quality & Safety, examined hundreds of hospitals and found that high scores on patient safety culture did not match up with how well the facilities did at reducing two risky hospital-acquired infections.
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Medical News Today
From Nov. 16: A new training model improved CPR skills in a clinical setting according to research presented during the Resuscitation Science Symposium at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2016.
Currently, hospital staff are only required to undergo formal CPR training every two years. This study examined whether CPR proficiency within a hospital setting could be improved with low dose-high frequency psychomotor simulation among hospitals using the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Quality Improvement™ mobile simulation stations.
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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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Journal of Emergency Medical Services
From March 2: EMS providers are often subjected to ineffective training: death by PowerPoint or verbalizing skills without actual practice. This can be mitigated by simulation training, which can help both novices and experts improve problem-solving abilities. How these simulations are built and delivered greatly determines the learner's ability to gain, retain and recall new knowledge.
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The Japan Times
From March 16: Charlotte Marshall, an elderly American living in Tokyo, isn't happy. Accompanied by her daughter, Rebecca Peterson, she is visiting a local clinic. Charlotte has been experiencing some "senior moments" of late, and Rebecca is concerned. Things go well at first, but when the young Japanese doctor, struggling to conduct the consultation in English, continually addresses his questions about Charlotte’s condition to Rebecca, her mother finally reprimands him: "Don’t ignore me! Talk to me, not about me."
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Tinker Ready via HealthLeaders Media
From Oct. 26: When medical students have questions about the safety of the care they see, most aren't comfortable challenging the providers who deliver it.
There are several reasons for that reticence, a survey published in the American Journal of Medical Quality finds.
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