OCCAM Rapid Response Toolkit Project Published in JGIM (WISA Supported Project)

Congratulations to the research team from UW Medicine and WISH who recently authored this impactful study, "A Rapid Response Mobile Application Improves First-Year Resident Clinical Performance During Simulated Care Events." This work, supported in part by the WISH Innovations in Simulation Award (WISA), highlights the combined value of simulation-based training and mobile cognitive aids, showing significant improvements in resident response times and clinical decision-making. Their contribution emphasizes the power of innovative tools and realistic training environments in advancing medical education and ultimately improving patient care. Well done!

A Rapid Response Mobile Application Improves First-Year Resident Clinical Performance During Simulated Care Events: A Randomized Controlled Trial - PubMed

WISH Helps Support the Design and Testing of an Isolation Unit for Highly Infectious Pathogens

The ISTARI Care Cube is a novel isolation unit for highly infectious and emerging pathogens. This unit flips the traditional approach to personal protective equipment by isolating the patient, thereby promoting the safety of healthcare workers and other patients. The University of Washington, in partnership with the University of Nebraska, has been evaluating the safety and usability of various models. This video shows an early version of the 1c model being assessed for use in pre-hospital transport. This work is made possible by a CDC National Infection Control Strengthening associated with its Project Firstline.

Kudos to Vic Roach - Anatomical Sciences Education Award

We are excited to announce that Dr. Vic Roach, Research Assistant Professor in the Division for Healthcare Simulation Science, has been recognized for her work. The EARLY-CAREER ANATOMIST PUBLICATION AWARD recognizes the best publication by an early-career anatomist in each of the society’s three journals: Anatomical Sciences Education, Development Dynamics, and The Anatomical Record. Dr. Vic Roach and colleagues won the award in the Anatomical Sciences Education award category for their article “YouTube-based course orientation videos delivered prior to matriculation fail to alleviate medical student anxiety about anatomy.” Congratulations to Vic and colleagues for this hard-earned award. The full article can be found at: https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ase.2107

CREST Partners Featured in Medical Training Magazine

CREST Partners Featured in Medical Training Magazine

Group Editor of Medical Training Magazine Marty Kauchak interviewed Dr. Robert Sweet about the latest updates on The Advanced Modular Manikin™ project. AMM™ is a Department of Defense funded project, driven by the UW Medicine Center for Research in Education and Simulation Technologies (CREST).

The AMM program is creating open-source standards that will allow healthcare simulation and training development groups to build training devices and enabling systems, which are interoperable and unified by the operating system. Dr. Robert Sweet, the AMM Phase 2 principal investigator, reflected on the genesis of AMM and noted: “It was a brilliant and timely move by JPC-1. I think it will allow the healthcare simulation industry to mature and evolve more rapidly as far as leveraging the capabilities of the greater community, rather than being ‘siloed’ within companies or academic labs that have fixed configuration options, different standards and limited functionality.”

Read the article here.

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