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.
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 [...]
We are proud to announce that the paper “Real-Time Fiber-Optic Intubation Simulator with Force Feedback” written by Ankur R. Baheti, Robert Hafey, Sneha Pai, Jose Gomez, Yuri Millo, and Jaydev P. Desai was accepted for publication in the IEEE/ASME Journal “Transactions on Mechatronics.” The abstract of the paper is below.
Compared to other high-risk industries, healthcare has been slow to incorporate simulation into its training, assessment, and certification activities. The potential for simulation to improve patient safety, reduce medical errors and deaths, and decrease health care costs is far from fully realized. Simulation strengthens confidence and promotes competence by providing a safe and supportive environment [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This is going to be a knock-down, drag-out fight. In one corner, we have formal education, experienced, buffed, battle hardened. In the other corner we have social learning, agile, feisty, chanting “fight like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” However, before we take sides, place our bets, let’s take a look at the contenders and [...]
With regard to preventable medical errors, medical tube mix-ups are a reality the can be solved with training and improved product design. While improved product design is hampered by federal approvals and international standards adoption, online and simulation training in [virtual] environments using 3D devices and mannequins remains a cost-effective and time sensitive solution. “This [...]
How do we create a great experience for patients in hospitals? In the ever-evolving world of healthcare, it can be extremely difficult to keep up with the changing demands. The best solution today will not be the best solution tomorrow. Most hospitals are not designed to adapt to changes in technologies and practices. They must [...]
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