‘Don’t call them dummies’: Manikins bring realism to simulation
Put simply, manikins are model patients. They’re also some of UAB Clinical Simulation’s most powerful and sophisticated learning tools.
Clinical Simulation serves up MOCA
Some mornings, you have coffee. With UAB Clinical Simulation, you have MOCA (Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesia).
Clinical Simulation offers Anesthesia Trauma Bootcamp
In terms of improving patient care and safety, UAB Clinical Simulation goes above and beyond — including for those going under.
Clinical Simulation delivers Code Skills Out of Lab
When it comes to providing exceptional simulations for all members of the health-care team, UAB Clinical Simulation delivers — literally.
For instance, Clinical Simulation’s Code Skills Out of Lab program effectively brings the lab to the learners.
Clinical Simulation hosts mobile care unit sims
As the UAB Emergency Department prepares to open its new mobile care units, an interprofessional health-care team thought to “SimFirst.”
It’s the motto of UAB Clinical Simulation, which recently hosted a series of sims in the new units.
Sim Room of Errors opens door for improving patient care, safety
As part of Quality Week, which ran Oct. 15-20, Clin Sim hosted the Sim Room of Errors, an exercise open to all members of UAB Medicine, in which participants identify simulated patient safety errors that could negatively impact patient care.
Virtues of Virtual: VR offers immersive, flexible learning
The setting may be virtual, but the lessons are real. UAB Clinical Simulation has offered virtual reality learning since 2019, providing an ever-expanding variety of modules to health-care team members across UAB Medicine.
Clin Sim hosts inaugural Diabetes, Wound Scholar simulations
UAB Clinical Simulation encourages all members of the health care team to “SimFirst.” Learners from two Department of Interprofessional Practice and Training (DIPT) programs did just that — and in more ways than one.
Geriatric Scholars Program
How would you want your grandma to be cared for? The answer, of course, is in the most kind, caring and effective way possible. A group of interprofessional learners gathered in the sim center to practice just that! These dedicated caregivers participated in a four-hour immersive simulation aimed at improving Read more…
UAB Simulation is Going High Tech
Virtual reality (VR) has come a long way! Taking the technology from novel entertainment to practical application, UAB Clinical Simulation has added this innovative tool to its simulation toolbox. This is not your teenager’s VR! We offer a variety of modules that can train healthcare professionals on a wide range Read more…