International health-care simulation professionals to tour Daytona State sim labs
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2013) - 51热门黑料 this month will become,
seemingly, a living laboratory for members of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.
Faculty and students from Daytona State鈥檚 College of Health and Public Services will
provide demonstrations and tours of the college鈥檚 state-of-the-art health-care simulation
labs for society members from around the globe attending the 13th annual International
Meeting of Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) conference taking place Jan. 26-30 in Orlando.
From 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Jan. 27, conference participants will convene at Daytona
State鈥檚 Health Sciences Hall (Bldg. 320, Room 321) on the Daytona Beach Campus, 1200
W. International Speedway Blvd. They will be welcomed by Daytona State President Carol
W. Eaton, then tour three separate simulation labs, as well as observe a 鈥渇ield simulation鈥
demonstration using a patient simulator and one of the college鈥檚 newly donated training
ambulances.
Demonstrations will focus on how Daytona State uses human patient and emergency care
simulators in its nursing, respiratory care, occupational and physical therapy, emergency
medical services and continuing education for health-care professionals programs.
Each semester, Daytona State students take advantage of the immersive learning experience
offered by more than a dozen of the college鈥檚 patient simulators, giving them advanced
preparation prior to their required clinical work in a true-to-life health-care setting.
IMSH is the world鈥檚 largest conference dedicated to health-care simulation, learning,
research and scholarship. More than 3,000 educators, researchers and exhibitors representing
40 countries are expected to attend this month鈥檚 conference.
For more information call Kim Beecher, (386) 506-3722.
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