If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James’s Ideas Will Change It – NYTimes.com

Worth read for those care about the future of healthcare.
If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James’s Ideas Will Change It – NYTimes.com

2010 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care

 2010 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care. Good venue to share the simulation experience to other quality improvement expert in this field. 

2010 IMSH Meeting

Just finished the abstract submission to next year IMSH meting.  Hope can see you all there. I will post a note about the meeting date and place if people are interested get together.

Future Tense: A new school for digital kids

Listened the NPR program Future Tense about a new school Quest to Learn using gaming technology to engage kids for more effective learning.  Medical education also need to put more effort on this as the new generation of the young physicians are grown up with the new digital media: game, mp3 and internet, podcast,etc.
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The eLearning Guild : Immersive Learning Simulations 2008 : Research Library

Very interesting about e-learning. 
The eLearning Guild : Immersive Learning Simulations 2008 : Research Library

Bedside Ultrasonography, Central Line Placement

Another tutorial about ultrasound guided central line placement
Bedside Ultrasonography, Central Line Placement: Overview – eMedicine Clinical Procedures

PocketSnips – Central Line Insertion

Another video clip of central line insertion on mannequin. 
PocketSnips – Central Line Insertion

Simulation in Medicine – a knol by Diane Sliwka

The Google version of Wiki on Simulation compare to the version from Wikipedia.  Which you do you like ?
Simulation in Medicine – a knol by Diane Sliwka

Performance of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and Anesthesiologists in a Simulation-Based Skills Assessment — Henrichs et al. 108 (1): 255 — Anesthesia & Analgesia

Another good example to using simulation for assessment (beyond education training).  Also see the EDITORIAL in the same issue.  It  remind me Dr. Gaba’s paper again for the future vision of simulation in health care
Performance of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and Anesthesiologists in a Simulation-Based Skills Assessment — Henrichs et al. 108 (1): 255 — [...]

Intro to HSR e-class: Home Page

If you like to know about Health Service Research, NLM course is a good start.
Intro to HSR e-class: Home Page