iSim of the Month: Expanding Virtual Simulation with Immersive Technology
Virtual simulation continues to evolve, and immersive technology offers an exciting opportunity to build on what already works.
Simulation empowers UAB Wound Scholars
Wound care can be a sore subject. Fortunately, through collaboration with UAB Clinical Simulation, UAB’s Wound Scholar Program continues to empower frontline staff to meet the growing need for wound care prevention—and treatment—at the bedside.
Clinical Simulation seeks MSHA internship candidates
Clinical Simulation’s MSHA internship provides exposure to the intersection of clinical education, communication and multidisciplinary collaboration within a large academic health system.
Sim Stars: Audra Boyles, R.N.
As a facilitator and stroke program coordinator with the Department of Neurology at UAB Hospital, Audra Boyles, R.N. brings both clinical precision and innovative thinking to health-care simulation—particularly in the realm of stroke education.
iSim of the Month: You gave feedback. We made changes.
Embedded in each iSim experience is a brief survey that allows learners to share what worked well and where improvements are needed. Over the past year, this feedback has been consistently positive, with many learners highlighting the relevance and realism of the simulations.
iSim of the Month: Pain, Perspective and the Patient Experience
Our pain communication simulation places learners in a realistic recovery-room scenario where assessment, explanation and response matter as much as clinical interventions.
Mobile Sim Staff Spotlight: Bonny Joly, D.N.P., M.S.N., R.N.
This month, UAB Mobile Simulation is proud to highlight Bonny Joly, a senior simulation coordinator whose work strengthens the connection between mobile and virtual learning across the health system.
New airway fire sim targets rare, high-risk OR emergency
UAB Clinical Simulation recently launched a new pilot simulation focused on one of the operating room’s most serious, but least frequently encountered, emergencies: airway fires.
Clin Sim, Radiology test weekend emergency readiness
In collaboration with UAB Medicine Radiology leadership, the sim center’s systems team developed an in situ resuscitation simulation to be held unannounced on a Saturday in The Kirklin Clinic’s basement MRI suite.
Mobile Sim’s New Ride
After logging nearly 20,000 miles across Alabama, UAB Mobile Simulation is shifting gears—trading its iconic mobile RV lab for a new, streamlined vehicle designed to support the growing program.