Tag Archives: simulation
The Manikin Challenge: manikin-based simulation in the psychiatry clerkship
Psychiatry is a nuanced specialty that relies on body language and subtle nonverbal cues from patients. As such, when using simulation to teach medical students, standardized patients are considered the gold standard. Standardized patients are actors who
Modeling epidemics and analyzing Ebola incidence data using Numerus Model Builder
Epidemics are quintessentially dynamic with outbreak, peak-incidence, and fadeout phases. The timings of outbreaks are hard to predict, as happened with the 2014 outbreak of Ebola viral disease in West Africa. To evaluate the risks of outbreaks,
Molecular motion of propane in silica pores: computer simulations compared with neutron scattering experiments
Understanding how fluids, and notably hydrocarbon gases, seep through porous rocks in the terrestrial environment is essential to understand the fundamental processes involved and also to aid better recovery of these gases from the earth. It is
Watching electrons make and break bonds
Since quantum mechanics is the most accurate way to describe chemical bonds, it is also the most accurate way to describe the making and breaking of bonds in chemical reactions. However, even with powerful computers, it is
Simulation by Stanford researchers shows how transporter proteins do their work in cells
Cells must continually pass molecules in and out to sustain life. Computer scientists and molecular physiologists have developed a computer algorithm to capture how these crucial proteins work. Inside every plant or animal, proteins called transporters act
Does subjecting health students to stressful scenarios better prepare them for real world practice?
Simulation is an education and training technique that allows students to practice in safe environments that replicate substantial aspects of the real world in a fully interactive fashion. Simulation is often used to train undergraduates as it
Team collaborative behaviours unveiled during laparoscopic simulation
Laparoscopic surgery, a type of minimally invasive surgery performed in the abdominal area, has become a leading advance in surgery over the past decades. During the procedure, small incisions are made for placing the scope and surgical
Gas Man computer simulation mimics anesthesia care
Gas Man® computer simulation mimics anesthesia care and allows anesthesia care providers to improve patient safety. Major surgery requires an anesthesia professional to give general anesthesia to a patient. This often begins with a drug injected in
Marine oily wastewater treatment: process simulation and control using soft computing approaches
The chronic discharge of oily wastewater, mainly including bilge water, offshore produced water and ballast water, has been referred to as a major contributor to marine oil pollution. Although gravity – based treatment techniques (e.g., hydrocyclone and
Simulation in marine and medical training: Less medical error – and more lives saved.
When a medical emergency strikes in a remote location, or on a ship or oil rig, the doctor on board might end up performing a life-or-death procedure that they haven’t performed in years – or ever. As
