Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine is hosting a conference on mannequins and other simulation technology that increasingly is being used to train doctors and nurses.
The conference will be held May 24, 2013, at Loyola's Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S. First Ave, Maywood, Il. It is sponsored by the medical's school's Ralph P. Leischner, Jr., MD, Institute for Medical Education.
Students, residents and fellows training to be doctors and nurses increasingly are using remarkably lifelike mannequins, virtual reality and other simulation technology. They are learning, for example, how to treat a heart attack or stroke, or practice procedures such as inserting breathing tubes and catheters, said William C. McGaghie, PhD, director of the Ralph P. Leischner, Jr., MD, Institute for Medical Education.
Simulation technology is safer for patients than traditional teaching methods, in which students and trainees practiced skills - and made beginners' mistakes - on live patients, McGaghie said.
"It's an entirely new way of educating doctors and nurses, and it works," McGaghie said.
Here is the symposium schedule:
8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:55 AMWelcome
William C. McGaghie, PhD
Director, Leischner Institute for Medical Education
9:00 AMMastery Learning of Essential Clinical Skills
Diane B. Wayne, MD
Northwestern University
10:00 AMBreak
10:15 AMMedical Education Research as Translational Science
Jeffrey H. Barsuk, MD, MS
Northwestern University
11:15 AMPublication Opportunities in Health Professional Education
Panel - William C. McGaghie, PhD, Jeffrey H. Barsuk, MD, MS, Diane B. Wayne, MD
12:00 PMCertificate in Academic Medicine Graduation Ceremony
12:15 PMPresentation of Ralph P. Leischner, Jr., MD Master Teacher Award
12:30 PMReception and Lunch
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