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Quality, reliability and safety are primary concerns in your professional world—and in ours. At SiTEL of MedStar Health, we provide a comprehensive education and training solution to those who work in healthcare. As seasoned professionals, we have many years of experience in the practice and management of medicine and healthcare, respectively. We understand how training impacts performance in hospitals.
Products and Services
On Demand Learning
We help organizations leverage their own talent and build learning communities.
Clinical Simulation
We created and continue to manage two of the nation’s largest simulation centers.
Instructional Design
Our experiential learning approach blends clinical simulation, virtual worlds and on demand learning.
Live Events
Our Live Events provide an opportunities to learn about technologies, methodologies, and groundbreaking thinking.
Blog
Our integrated learning services are designed to empower healthcare organizations by combining Instructional Design, Clinical Simulation, Live Events, and On Demand Learning.
Learn. Practice. Perform.
Blog Entries for careers
19
Sep
2010
2010
Unleashing Creativity in Healthcare
Posted by Todd Borghesani
The hysterectomy is one of the most invasive surgical procedures in medical practice. Imagine a technique that could do delicate post-surgery stitch work with minimized chances of complications or harm. Sounds like something a seasoned physician developed, but it’s actually something a 15-year-old high school student named Tony Hansberry invented. People in his hometown of [...]
12
Sep
2010
2010
Recruiting Minorities Into Healthcare Professions
Posted by Todd Borghesani
Rx For Success, a Baltimore career education program creates an education-to-workforce pipeline strengthening diversity in healthcare. African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians and Alaska Natives are projected to make up nearly 30 percent of the nation’s population in 2010, according to the u.S. Census Bureau. But according to the American Medical Association, these groups combined account [...]
09
Sep
2010
2010
The Medical School of Tomorrow
Posted by Pamela Leonard
The clinical simulation center of today will be the medical school of tomorrow. To address physician and nursing shortages, across the next 10-15 years, we will see an unprecedented growth in healthcare education. The question remains whether the quality of education will change with the increased volume. We think so. Transforming medical and nursing school [...]
01
Sep
2010
2010
Is Being Happily “At Work” Overrated?
Posted by Kathleen Donnelly-Wijting
Maslow’s work and ideas extend far beyond the Hierarchy of Needs. Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory proposed that we are motivated by the five unmet needs, arranged in the hierarchical order. At the bottom are physiological needs (such life-sustaining needs as food and shelter). Working up the hierarchy we experience safety needs (financial [...]
28
Jul
2010
2010
Transforming High School Career Education
Posted by Todd Borghesani
While we lead as the world’s greatest innovators, our international leadership position is eroding. The solution lies in embracing education’s strategic importance. We need to create a new school model that integrates real world experiences; that integrates the future of industry with regional economic realities. A new model that embraces the needs of today’s students. [...]
26
Jun
2010
2010
Experience the Thrill of Being a Doctor
Posted by Lisa Sanfuentes
“SiTEL provides a unique experience to high school students. They can understand first-hand what it’s like to be a healthcare professional,” said Pam Leonard, Director, Clinical Simulation Centers, SiTEL MedStar Health. At SiTEL’s Clinical Simulation Center North, the “Doctor for a Day” program offers high school students the opportunity to experience what it is like [...]
About Our Blog
Our blog focuses on myriad topics that relate to the evolving training and education industries. These topics include training in high-risk environments, career development and powerful technologies: games, simulations, social media, learning and collaboration. We also showcase streaming videos about authors, entrepreneurs, researchers, and speakers. If you think you have a relevant contribution, we would be delighted to hear from you.
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Hollie Adejumo
Hollie Adejumo has been a high school intern at the SiTEL Clinical Simulation Center since 2010. Her principal areas of academic interest include chemistry, calculus, and global health. She is interested in providing medical services to the public and serving as a health advocate for underrepresented populations. Hollie hopes that her research will help to reduce unnecessary deaths in the future. She will pursue a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, which will enable her to combine her interests. Proceeding to obtain an MD/PhD will give her the ability to have autonomy in the practice of medicine. This year Ms. Adejumo will be assessing the need for orthopedic simulators, and hopes to begin designing a program for an orthopedic simulator by the end of the year. Outside of school, Hollie participates in a variety of activities. Although she has been a competitive swimmer for most of her life, she also enjoys running cross country and track.
Joyce Donnellan
As the Director of Learning Management, Joyce Donnellan brings over two decades of experience in critical care nursing education and professional development to SiTEL, Medstar’s Simulation and Training Environment Laboratory. She oversees the development and operation of SiTEL’s learning management system. Ms. Donnellan specializes in the development and integration of the learning management systems in complex and decentralized environments. She has extensive experience in education and training, including the development of curricula for both live and e-learning platforms. Ms. Donnellan enjoys collaborating with program directors, educators, and other stakeholders to develop training events and effective curricula. Her research endeavors include studying the impact of online learning on organizational behavior, as well as the integration of educational games into curriculum development. Joyce has presented nationally on e-learning topics, and on innovation in emergency preparedness training. She earned her Master’s of Science in Nursing degree from George Mason University.
Pamela Leonard
Pamela Leonard brings over 15 years of experience in critical care nursing and management to her role as the Director of the SiTEL’s Clinical Simulation Centers. Pam established the first simulation center for MedStar Health and now oversees the operations of several clinical simulation centers in the greater Washington, DC and Baltimore areas. She leads the Clinical Simulation Consulting Services at SiTEL, leveraging best practices pioneered at MedStar to integrate simulation training and education programs into healthcare operations. Pam works closely with Advanced Initiatives in Medical Simulation. AIMS is a coalition of individuals and organizations committed to promoting medical simulation as a way to improve patient safety, reduce medical errors, ensure provider competency, train people to respond to public emergencies and combat situations, and reduce health care costs.
