Simulation strengthens rehab code response
After consecutive Code Blue events, therapists at UAB Medicine’s Spain Rehabilitation Center recognized an opportunity for some strength training of their own.
Clinical Simulation, Pulmonary Division pilot new ASL 5000 sim
A collaboration between UAB Clinical Simulation and the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine is breathing new life into learning curriculum.
UAB Rehabilitation Pavilion takes first steps with systems simulation
The road to recovery starts with practice, and at the new UAB Rehabilitation Pavilion, that practice began with simulation.
Sim collaboration puts high reliability leadership to the test
High reliability leadership skills call for highly reliable training methods.
UAB Clinical Simulation recently provided a location for UAB’s Center for Healthcare Management, the School of Health Professions (SHP) and Press Ganey to deliver an immersive simulation experience for the center’s newly launched High Reliability Certificate program.
Clin Sim offers new VR equipment loan program
Virtual learning is more than a tool; it’s a reality. And a new VR equipment loan program from UAB Clinical Simulation will allow learners to sim virtually anywhere.
Sim First When Seconds Count: Simulations help prepare code teams
Each year, UAB Clinical Simulation hosts interprofessional Code Blue simulations to sharpen teamwork, communication and life-saving skills. This summer, internal medicine residents, registered nurses and respiratory therapists stepped into a simulated hospital environment to practice ACLS in real time.
Standardized, but never routine: SPs bring human factor to sim
For Bart and Debra Reisman, volunteering as standardized patients isn’t about pretending to be sick—it’s about helping learners prepare for the real-world challenges they’ll face in health care.
OB residents take on high-stakes scenarios in simulation
While OB residents at UAB Medicine are no strangers to busy shifts and complex cases, UAB Clinical Simulation’s OB Resident Sim offers a different kind of challenge.
Medical Nursing Orientation sim allows new nursing team members to acclimate
In collaboration with UAB Clinical Simulation, the UAB Medical Division Orientation Committee developed an immersive Medical Nursing Orientation simulation to acclimate new nursing staff to UAB Medicine.
Simulating the System, Optimizing the Outcome
Systems simulation at UAB Medicine is a highly specialized area of simulation in which the focus of work is targeted toward spatial simulations, process simulations and systems testing.