On October 12, a fundraising event was held by the St. Paul’s Foundation. Called the Health Innovation Series, it was a fantastic opportunity to showcase PHC’s current simulation activities to donors and to hopefully inspire longer term donors to continue to support PHC Simulation.
Thanks to the representatives from Laerdal for coming and setting up the mannequins.
The mannequin featured in this photo is the latest Sim Man 3G model that should be arriving to PHC in late December.
We are happy to announce Malavika Menon has accepted the position of PHC professional practice and simulation.
Her start date will be October 24, 2022. She can be contacted at: mmenon3@providencehealth.bc.ca
At the beginning of the pandemic, Providence Health Care’s (PHC) clinicians at St. Paul’s
Hospital faced a growing problem. Patients were arriving daily with severe breathing difficulties, many needing breathing assistance from a procedure to insert a tube into the throat, called intubation.
Adding to the complexity, many of the patients were frail and infectious with COVID-19. Soon, the trained clinicians couldn’t keep pace with the demand for this life-saving procedure. They turned to medical simulation, using a “smart” mannequin to train additional health providers to become expert at the skill — learning in full personal protective equipment.
A protracted emergency like COVID-19, laid bare the need for expanded capacity and options for experiential training across the health care system. This became evident in central hubs like Vancouver, but also exposed the critical need to create remote experiential learning opportunities, particularly for under-served areas such as rural towns and villages and Indigenous communities.
Read From Mannequin to Metaverse: Advancing experiential health care training to learn more about the opportunities for immersive training – and beyond.
The Simulation Resources Team meets once every two months with staff including physicians, nurses, therapists, and educators to provide updates and have discussions regarding the status of the program, any new purchases, updates to the transition to New St. Paul’s Hospital, and more.
If you are interested in joining our Working Group, please email Malavika at mmenon3@providencehealth.bc.ca.