Clinical Simulation offers OB emergency VR experiences
Through Clinical Simulation’s virtual reality offerings, members of the health-care team can simply put on a headset and immerse themselves in learning like never before.
iTeachU fuses sim with ultrasound education
iTeachU is a Focused Ultrasound Simulation Education (FUSE) course made available to anesthesia residents and fellows throughout their years at UAB.
Clinical Simulation goes to school
Physicians, registered nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists and… middle-schoolers? While UAB Clinical Simulation provides simulation opportunities to all members of the health-care team, six Clin Sim staff members recently found themselves presenting to a significantly younger audience.
Pain Fellows sim preps learners for rare medical emergencies
Through a special simulation, UAB Clinical Simulation helps participants in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine’s Pain Medicine Fellowship improve their readiness, skills and confidence.
CVL sims hone skills, build confidence
When lives are on the line, training and practice are vital. This is literally the case when it comes to central venous line (CVL) insertions, and UAB Clinical Simulation is here to help.
Clinical Simulation hosts new proning course
In a new SimUAB Facilitator Development course, UAB Clinical Simulation’s immersive simulation team coached content experts on utilizing Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice (RCDP) to train learners in safe manual proning.
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.