Search Tag: education
2016 24 Oct
Dr Kaushik Bhowmick regularly uses the X-Porte point-of-care ultrasound system in his daily practice West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds is using the latest generation point-of-care ultrasound system to help intensive care trainees develop their skills in cardiac and lung ultrasound, as consultant anaesthetist Dr Kaushik Bhowmick explained:...Read more
2016 25 Aug
What, in your view, are the greatest threats facing the healthcare sector in cybersecurity? First, the wrong executives such as Chief Financial Officers are in charge of IT and cybersecurity strategy in half US healthcare organisations. One third have no cybersecurity executive on staff. In too many organisations qualified cybersecurity...Read more
2016 17 Jun
The American Medical Association is urging telemedicine training to be part of medical school curricula, an announcement it made days after releasing new telemedicine guidance on physician responsibilities. Telemedicine training should be incorporated at both the undergraduate and graduate levels as a core competency, according to the association's...Read more
2016 11 Mar
Todd Dorman takes office as President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) in February 2016. He is Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Vice Chair for Critical Care Services, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine; Senior Associate Dean for Education Coordination; Associate Dean for Continuing Medical...Read more
2015 29 Nov
The Annual Meeting’s opening session this morning included an awards presentation by RSNA President Ronald L. Arenson . The laureates were honoured for their outstanding contributions in the field of education and research. The Outstanding Educator Award was presented to the thoracic radiologist Kay H. Vydareny , MD, in recognition for her extraordinary...Read more
2015 13 Oct
The skin and clothing of healthcare workers were prone to contamination during the removal of gloves or gowns, based on a simulation study that used fluorescent lotion and black light. The findings are published online by JAMA Internal Medicine . Curtis J. Donskey, MD, of the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and colleagues conducted the...Read more
2015 21 Sep
Siemens Healthcare has launched a range of online educational healthcare resources to introduce medical technology to those aged between seven and 16, including a cut-out MRI system. A range of online resources launched to enhance teaching and learning around core healthcare topics New tools designed to introduce young people to the...Read more
2014 23 Jun
Newcastle Hospitals have teamed with a community arts organisation to produce a series of films to educate learning-disabled people about what to expect as they prepare for hospital appointments which include radiology tests. Each film in the ‘My Hospital’ series features people with learning disabilities, along with their caregivers and hospital...Read more
2014 22 May
The Medica 2014 trade fair will take place in Dusseldorf, Germany from November 12-15, 2014. During the trade fair, the Medica Education Conference is scheduled to be held and will be dedicated to the interrelations between medicine and technology. The conference will be addressing physicians, medical professionals, scientists, industry representatives,...Read more
2014 08 Mar
Interviewee Professor Andrew Jones President British Institute of Radiology London, UK Interviewed by Claire Pillar Managing Editor HealthManagemen Professor Andrew Jones is a consultant clinical scientist within medical physics at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester...Read more
2014 08 Mar
Author Alicia Campbell Facility Director CMC-Waxhaw North Carolina USA [email protected] This article discusses the key steps taken to hire and create a team at a new facility and details the education and onboarding that was used, as well as the foundations required...Read more
2014 10 Feb
This year’s MEDICA Education Conference, part of the industry show MEDICA 2014 in Düsseldorf (November 12th through 15th) is dedicated to the interrelations between medicine and technology. The conference theme is “Medicine meets technology – technology meets medicine”. As an academic conference, the event addresses physicians and medical professionals,...Read more
2013 19 Dec
Independent review awards highest rating to European project The GÉANT project, which includes the high-speed data network serving 50 million research and education users across Europe, has received ‘Excellent’, the highest possible rating in a European Commission review. This puts GÉANT in the top 10% of all EC-funded projects. ...Read more
2013 18 Dec
Working in partnership with Health Academy North West The City of Liverpool College is launching the first Health Informatics Cadet Apprenticeship. An emerging field in the UK, Health Informatics involves managing electronic health data to ensure patients get the most appropriate care and the apprenticeship scheme will give young people a stepping...Read more
2013 15 Aug
Education and training have increased its importance the last decades. Twelve years ago European Society of Intensive Care (ESICM) published a paper concerning training in intensive care (Int Care Med 1996) and the society efforts to improve training within intensive care have expanded considerably since that time. Intensive care is an established...Read more
2013 20 May
Countries that have higher levels of corruption struggle to attract and retain skilled workers report the authors of a new study published in EMBO reports. Qualified workers are in demand in many countries around the world. They are internationally mobile and have the flexibility to take on new challenges. However, if the exodus of skilled workers...Read more
2013 09 Apr
Only 45 per cent of Quebec nurses are expected to have bachelor's degrees by 2019. In Ontario, that figure stands at 70 percent. (Image Credit: Marie-France Coallier, The Monreal Gazette) Requiring new nurses to have a bachelor’s degree as of 2014 could aggravate understaffing in the already overburdened health-care system, the Quebec nurses’...Read more