UAB Clinical Simulation has named Sharon Phelan, M.D., and Denise Graham, OTR/L, recipients of its second annual Sim First Award, recognizing their commitment to expanding simulation-based education and preparing healthcare professionals to respond confidently to critical situations.
One year after UAB Clinical Simulation helped PACCM faculty launch a new mechanical ventilation curriculum, the program is beginning to realize some of the goals established during its inaugural offering.
As SimUAB®’s newest simulation fellow, Meenakshi Chowdhury is eager to learn from her fellow simulationists, while bringing a perspective all her own. She is spending time with both Clinical Simulation and the Office of Interprofessional Simulation.
UAB Clinical Simulation and UAB Medicine Care Transitions recently piloted a new interprofessional systems simulation designed to help participants better understand the complexities of post-acute care, as well as the perspectives of the many people involved in a patient’s journey.
When Stephanie Hall, CRNA, identified a need for UAB Highlands CRNAs to refresh their spinal anesthesia skills, there wasn’t a trainer already configured for exactly what her team needed. So, Hall partnered with UAB Clinical Simulation to adapt an existing lumbar puncture trainer into a solution tailored to the procedure.
UAB Clinical Simulation recently partnered with faculty from UAB’s Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine to pilot the FCCS-OB course, combining evidence-based instruction with multiple simulation modalities to prepare learners for some of the most complex emergencies in OB care.
Some UAB Medicine clinical areas will be transitioning from the Lifepak 20 to the Lifepak 35 monitor/defibrillator. To support this transition, iSim is developing brief, interactive learning resources to help staff become familiar with key device functions.
Clinical Simulation and the Office of Interprofessional Simulation recently partnered with the Center for Medical Simulation, a Harvard-affiliated leader in healthcare simulation education, to offer Healthcare Simulation Essentials: Design and Debriefing.
Music therapists from UAB Medicine’s Spain Rehabilitation Center recently participated in a Code Skills Out of Lab experience, a simulation designed to build confidence in recognizing patient deterioration, initiating high-quality CPR and responding during the critical first minutes of a medical emergency.
UAB Clinical Simulation joined UAB Medicine Workforce Development at Barber Motorsports Park March 27 to help steer the Hands-Only CPR Challenge, an interactive, hands-on activity station pitting participants against the clock to perform one minute of chest compressions. Their patients? Healthcare manikins equipped with real-time feedback technology.