Marjorie Lee White, MD, MPPM, MA
July is traditionally a month of firsts in an Academic Health Center like UAB. Simulation is focused on making "firsts" safe. Our goal is that the first time any provider performs any procedure be it an central line or running a code that it be in the simulated setting.
For the Office of Interprofessional Simulation (OIPS), we are delighted to have hosted learners from all levels for some of their firsts this month. As you read this newsletter, you'll see that we hosted junior high students, premedical students, engineering students, new resident trainees and many others for their "first" patient care encounters. An important set of firsts included interprofessional groups who practiced medical codes. Perhaps our busiest week was that of ICU IP, where we turn the former MICU in Quarterback Tower back into an ICU and had 7 professions' students work collaboratively to care for 6 patients. Important first conversations ensued!
We've also been continuing our first priority training simulation facilitators so that they'll be able to partner with us to meet our mission of expanding simulation throughout the UAB community. Leading this effort for OIPS is Dawn Taylor Peterson, PhD. I'm delighted to announce that Dawn is now a fulltime faculty member in the School of Medicine's Department of Medical Education embedded fulltime in the Office of Interprofessional Simulation. She will serve as our Director of Facilitator Development and Programs. In this capacity, she will serve on our leadership team and focus on facilitator and team development. Please join me in congratulating her on her faculty appointment when you see her next. You can also read about her in her team profile below.
As always, I am interested in your feedback. Feel free to get in touch with me at mlwhite@uab.edu.
Simulation News
CIPES 7th Annual Interprofessional Symposium
Join the Center for Interprofessional Education and Simulation on July 25 at the UAB School of Nursing for an interactive day centered around “Elevating Patient Safety Through Interprofessional Innovation.” Our keynote speaker, Dr. Neil Mehta, MD, from the Cleveland Clinic will address how to use “Generative AI and Custom GPTs to Enhance Interprofessional Education.”School of Education Simulation Pilot
On December 6, the School of Education partnered with OIPS to pilot an on-site simulation in the Volker Hall Sim Center. The simulation consisted of students from the Special Education and School Psychometry programs in the School of Education.
Social Work Simulations
On October 18, the College of Arts and Sciences – Department of Social Work partnered with OIPS to host an on-site simulation in the Volker Hall Sim Center. The simulation consisted of students from the Department of Social Work in UAB’s College of Arts and Sciences and is made possible by federal Child Welfare Title IV-E funding.
Take a look inside UAB’s simulation capabilities
On Aug. 30, 2023, UAB’s Office of Interprofessional Simulation hosted an open house in its newly updated, 5,000-square-foot, seven-room Simulation Center on the ground floor of Volker Hall.