Nursing students must learn to make quick assessments and critical decisions. They can’t learn it all in a traditional classroom.

To better train future healthcare providers, the Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College set out to create a facility that set a standard of education.

Click Here to read about their journey towards excellence.

See other Case Studies on how other institutions have enhanced their educational environments.

Seats are filling fast for the Dallas and San Francisco SUN! Register Now!

Two Simulation User Network (SUN) meetings are scheduled for Dallas and San Francisco in October. SUN events provide product and simulation education, networking with peers and learning about best practices from expert speakers.

To learn more about a SUN event or see all that has been posted from the Toronto SUN, held in June, click here.

Click on Dallas or San Francisco to the left for information on those events.

The National League for Nursing Announces recipient for prestigious presentation!

Sharon Decker, a professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock will deliver the 2009 Debra L. Spunt Endowed Lecture at the The National League for Nursing Summit. The lecture is funded by Laerdal Medical Corporation. Decker’s presentation is entitled, “…Until We Reflect.”

See the complete Press Release here.
 
The Summit is in Philadelphia, Sept. 23 - 26.

Be sure to visit the Laerdal Booth #301!

BLS Anytime for Healthcare Provider

Laerdal Medical is pleased to introduce BLS Anytime for Healthcare Providers. The newest self-directed learning program developed in collaboration with the American Heart Association allows a student to work toward successful completion of the BLS Healthcare Provider course.

BLS Anytime for Healthcare Providers is a fully self-directed learning program that provides the student all the tools necessary to complete the first two steps of the Basic Life Support, acquisition/assessment of the required cognitive knowledge and skills practice of the core skills of adult, child and infant CPR.

Coming soon! Contact your Laerdal Representative for more information.

Registration is now open for Healthcare Simulation: Instructor Development Program

This is a great educational opportunity brought to you by Laerdal's education partner, University of Miami's Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education.  Created in collaboration with WISER at the University of Pittsburgh, this three-day course from September 16-18 is designed to give you a hands-on introduction to fundamental skills and abilities for delivering simulation-based healthcare education. 

Click here for more information or to register.