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Using mannequins that respond like real patients, this Virtual Education and Simulation Training Center is crucial in shaping field-leading medical providers. Go inside Christiana Care's training center and see how you can prepare yourself for a rewarding medical career. Simulation studio is a training area to look and feel like a hospital

Found the simulation interesting as the Christiana Care's training center is set up to look like a hospital from ED to OR to ICUs and a delivery room.

With certified nurse aide training you can make a start in a career in nursing and feel a sense of achievement in your job. This page has further details of what's involved, where you can obtain the training, what the job entails, and more …

The 40,000+ person company makes social media training mandatory for its employees and formalized a policy of "3Rs" - responsibility, respect and representation. Taking things a step further, today the company is trying something about as transparent as it gets - publishing their entire social media training guide online, so that anyone can check it out, learn and critique.

Looking for an introduction to Social Media, this might be it..

"Perceptions and attitudes toward virtual-reality medical training: The Ann Myers Medical Centre"

"The use of simulation in graduate and undergraduate medical education and in team training has been demonstrated to improve trainee satisfaction. Multiple studies also have shown improvements in measures of provider self-efficacy and confidence."

Over a 1-year period, support included upfront training of the chapters and participating practices on quality improvement concepts, followed by ongoing sharing of data and best practices and assistance with problem-solving. The program improved adherence to recommended care processes, leading to better asthma control.

"The goal of providing the handheld device, the school said in a statement, was to improve the learning experience and give students flexible access to health care--related content. The combination media player-camera-video recorder-personal digital assistant with WiFi capabilities was loaded with mobile applications students will need in the classroom as well as an app to help them prepare for the nursing board examination."

What sort of apps would you add to a mobile device for students entering the nursing profession?

" Funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, College Open Textbooks is a collection of colleges, governmental agencies, education non-profits, and other education-related organizations that are focused on the mission of driving the awareness and advocacy for open textbooks. This includes providing training for instructors adopting open resources, peer reviews of open textbooks, and mentoring online professional networks that provide support to authors who open their resources. Through our community outreach, we have found that open textbooks should be: * easy to use, get and pass around, * editable so instructors can customize content, * cross-platform compatible, * printable, * and accessible so they work with adaptive technology. "

This is an interesting article about a medical school approach to selecting candidates who have good social skills. I wonder if this approach would be valuable for nursing school admissions interviews? "Virginia Tech Carilion trained 80 people to be interviewers, including doctors and businesspeople from the community."

Addressing the communication and collaboration aspects of the IOM report. A different approach to the medical school interview.

'CNA' stands for 'Certified Nursing Assistant'. It refers to the nursing helper who assists the doctors and registered nurses during various operations as well as for patient care in nursing homes and hospitals. Though being a CNA is not a glorious job, it can definitely be a good option for a substantial career in allied health care field.

"Cultural Compentency and Healthcare Adobe PDF Upon completion of this module, you should be able to: Define cultural competency Identify correlates of cultural competency as described in the literature Define stereotyping and bias Discuss the relevance of cultural competency within the healthcare profession Identify specific factors that impact cultural competency within the healthcare profession Explain the dominant belief systems on health, illness and healing among various ethnic groups Define disparities in terms of access to healthcare, economics, and education Explain how disparities affect healthcare outcomes Formulate a plan for addressing cultural competency in clinical practice"

This module on cultural competency is available through the online training for physician assistants at Duke. It is, however, a general module with potentially wide health care worker reach.