Healthcare Partners
Shands HealthCare
Big Aim Transfer of Care Process Improvement
The multidisciplinary Big Aim group (that includes members from Anesthesiology, PACU, ICU, Nursing, CQI, Management Engineering, IT, CSSALT, etc.) is using simulation as part of a process improvement effort to enhance transfer of care and patient safety within Shands.
Watch videos of the simulated transfer of care scenarios.
Survey on Transfer of Care - For UF & Shands Personnel only
Training of nurses via simulation
In collaboration with CSSALT Shands Nurses are using simulation in their training. The simulation sessions take place in Shands 2121 (ex-Cysto 1). Courses taught include Critical Care, ACLS (practice and certification), and PEARS training. See videos showing PACU nurses participating in simulation exercise with Virtual Humans (VH). Video 1 Video 2
Simulation Training in Surgical Timeout
In collaboration with CSSALT, Shands Hospital is creating a video for training in the surgical timeout and is using the Simulation OR at Shands 2121 for surgical time out training sessions.
Video for Patient Education in Pressure Sore Prevention
In collaboration with CSSALT, Shands Hospital Risk Management has created a video educating patients about pressure sore prevention.
Malcom Randall VA Medical Center Gainesville
VA Simulation Center
Room Number B-500 4th Floor VAMC
Telephone 352-376-1611 Ext 7673
Contact: Dr. Felipe Urdaneta
At The Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, simulation is used frequently for hospital wide teaching. A mannequin patient simulator is currently used for airway management training. Two different programs are run by Felipe Urdaneta and Chris Goldstein: one for anesthesia residents and the other for non-anesthesia personnel. For non anesthesia practitioners (ED personnel, ICU, pulmonary fellows for MICU, intensivists, and respiratory therapists from the Lake City VA medical center), there is a monthly half day course on airway management since 2009 that is a requirement to get credentialed for airway management. For anesthesia residents and specifically for junior residents, since February 2010, 1 or 2 sessions per week are dedicated on airway management and rescue airway management. In AY 2010-2011, junior residents who have not been at the VA before will only be allowed to take call once they have taken the course and passed the simulation test. Our simulator can be programmed to do a variety of airway issues like CICV (cannot intubate, cannot ventilate), tongue edema, laryngospasm, etc.
