Category: Healthcare Education
Tips to Boost Nursing Student Recruitment with Simulation-Related Data
The healthcare field is bracing for a major shortage of nurses in the coming decade: according to the American Nurses Association, there will be an additional 1.13 million nurses needed in the workforce by 2022, and the U.S. Bureau of ...
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Five Benefits of System Automation for Your Sim Center—Besides Peace of Mind
Nursing educators understand that simulation-based training is a clinical learning necessity– but even a simple simulation scenario requires significant resources, from people and processes, to space, time, devices, and written course materials. But with the help of a simulation management ...
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Nine Powerful Simulation Reports Your Med School Needs
Simulation-based training has evolved from an educational afterthought to a clinical learning necessity—and the amount of associated data and information has increased exponentially. In fact, a sim center’s data may double every two years! But with the help of a ...
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Counselors Lend Hope to Disaster Survivors
Gale-force winds, torrential rain, and a monster tidal surge: ingredients for catastrophe in even sparsely-populated areas. But what happens when a storm of this severity hits an urban environment like Houston, TX? Stressful doesn’t even begin to describe such an ...
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Continuing Professional Development in Academic Medical Centers
Continuing Professional Development for Faculty: An Elephant in the House of Academic Medicine or the Key to Future Success? Excerpted from the abstract: “The scope of change required by academic medical centers (AMCs) to maintain their viability and achieve their ...
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Five Ways Collaborative Healthcare Education Boosts Patient-Centered Care
Patient-centered care has transformed the landscape of healthcare delivery. Hospitals and health centers are shifting away from the traditional care delivery model in which clinicians prescribe the same treatment for patients with similar conditions or diagnoses. The new patient-centered model ...
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Who Pays for Interprofessional Education? Get Started with These Five Grant Writing Tips
The World Health Organization has issued an important call to policy-makers, decision-makers, educators, health workers, community leaders, and global health advocates to take action and move towards embedding interprofessional education (IPE) and collaborative practice in all of the services they ...
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3 Keys to Successful IPE Implementation
If you’re thinking about establishing a new interprofessional education (IPE) program at your institution – or expanding an existing one – you probably already understand some of the benefits of IPE. At its core, IPE encourages collaboration among healthcare learners ...
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Top 5 Reasons to Use AV Tech for Debriefing
Debriefing plays an important role in healthcare education, providing a structured platform for learners to reflect, learn, and improve their skills. These sessions are not just about reviewing what went right or wrong; they are essential for deepening understanding, fostering ...
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Commemorating PTSD Awareness Month
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition brought on by a stressful or distressing event that affects as many as 7.7 million Americans aged 18 and over (source: The National Institute of Mental Health). Common symptoms may include ...
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