360ViSi is an international collaborative project with the aim of developing innovative learning in health education using VR and 360° video technology. The project partners are the University of Stavanger (UiS), University of Nottingham (UK), Catholic University of Valencia (Spain), Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Screen Story (Norway), Quasar Dynamics (Spain) and ADE Animations Designs & [...]

The term psychological safety was first introduced by Amy C. Edmondson and defined as “a shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking. It describes a team climate characterized by interpersonal trust and mutual respect in which people are comfortable being themselves” However, the concept of psychological safety may [...]

At the “Advanced simulation center in medicine  - SimUMed” of the University of Foggia, it was recently held the course on Airway Management aimed at developing the ability to manage and control of the airway, addressed to different health professionals: nurses and doctors, mainly in medicine and surgery disciplines, acceptance and emergency, anesthesia and resuscitation, medical students [...]

Through the years the medical world has been witness of several marked disparities in care between different racial, ethnic, and other demographic populationRacial and ethnic minorities tend to receive lower-quality care which is the result of a lack of practical and educational training.1 At Laerdal, we think it is critical that healthcare providers are trained to identify factors [...]

CESIMUS, a pioneer in simulation-based teaching of critically ill ultrasonography. Lower right corner, CESIMUS team (order from left to right): Dr. Bianca Morosanu, Dr. Ioana Marinica, Prof. Dr. Serban I. Bubenek-Turconi, Dr. Cosmin Balan, Dr. Liana Valeanu, Dr. Cornel Robu, Dr. Mihai Stefan. Simulation continues to become more entrenched and refined in all aspects of medical [...]

MEDUSA (Medical EDUcation in Surgical Aneurysm clipping) is a research project with the participation of 13 Upper Austrian institutions and companies. This project is supported by the strategic economic and research programme “Innovatives OÖ 2020” of the province of Upper Austria Medical simulation in the last years has become very broad, bringing tools to many different specialties [...]