An opioid is a common pain medication that is used for patients with moderate to severe pain. Opioids act on the site of pain, interfering with the enzymes that cause inflammation and pain by inhibiting the ascending pathways of pain reception. Although pain management is the most common reason why patients visit a hospital, it [...]
In Boca Raton, Florida, the South Florida Business Journal and Presenting Sponsor PNC and invite you to join fellow business and community leaders as we hear an update and results since last year’s MedUTech Forum spotlighting new developments on what is happening in the industries of Health Care, Education and Technology. A panel discussion including [...]
OUR VISION Looking back, 2010 was a year of remarkable growth in our simulation program development, national leadership, and designing the defining the business of clinical simulation. This year we were awarded the Brandon Hall Bronze Award for Blended Learning as well as The Healing Spirit Award. SiTEL Clinical Simulation Center (CSC) emerged as the [...]
Next week, we open one the Nation’s most advanced simulation center’s. The simulation center’s modular design supports multiple technologies that combine to create an exceptionally experiential environment that supports the learning objectives. The space is designed to train healthcare professionals and students in the domains of skill acquisition, clinical reasoning, communication, and team training.
Attend SiTEL’s 2011 INNOVATIVE EDUCATION CONFERENCE: MINDFUL LEARNING. Earn CME and nursing contact hours as you engage in Mindful Learning! This year’s conference theme is Mindful Learning. Real learning takes place in “mindful” environments: ones that both provide context for the subject we are studying and allow us to bring something of ourselves into the process. [...]
SiTEL, MedStar Health’s Simulation Training and Environment Lab, invites you to save the date for April 11, 2011. In its fourth year, our Innovative Education Conference continues to bring engaged professionals together for informative training and leadership.
Using a gesture-sensitive sensor system for input into immersive environments could have huge implications in the medical training market. Originally, posted on Fast Company, Microsoft’s Kinect is being hacked left, right, and center, with all sorts of exciting uses in its future. But Willow Garage, purveyor of research humanoid robots, has created the best mashup [...]
The Department of Spiritual Care at Washington Hospital Center is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010 Healing Spirit Award: Chaplain Linda G. Fischer, Washington Cancer Institute; Nicholas Ghartey, clinical care facilitator, IEIMC; Eunyoung L. Ho (Lydia) nurse, 2G ICU; Mary A. McIntrye, PACU medical office assistant and MedStar SiTEL Clinical Simulation Center. Our nomination came from the [...]
The 2010 AHA Guidelines were recently released in October. This is an exciting time for all healthcare professionals, professional rescuers, and the lay rescuer. There are some significant changes in the AHA guidelines. It is important to begin your review as soon as possible to understand the recommendations. As an authorized provider of CPR and [...]
While the use of the term “fidelity” is familiar to most involved in simulation, it is term that has been used loosely and without absolute understanding. ‘Fidelity’ as a word has been generalized and used by the simulation community with such cloaked meaning to a point where the term “high fidelity“ has gained ephemeral characteristics. So [...]
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