SimPORTAL News

SimPORTAL on KARE 11

On July 21, 2009 a TV news crew from KARE 11 reported on SimPORTAL and a training class for surgery residents at the University of Minnesota. Click below to start the video of this report.

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New Equipment

SimPORTAL recently received the new SimMan 3G manufactured by Laerdal Medical. SimMan 3G is Laerdal's latest wireless, completely self-contained simulator. 

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Simulation Fellow featured on Turkish Urology Website

Dr. Omar Burak Argun, Surgical Simulation Fellow in SimPORTAL, is featured on the website TURK UROLAP. Click on this link to see the website. Click on "Amerikan Uroloji Kongresi (AUA) 25-30 Nisan 2009" under the AUA banner to view the article.

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Simulation Support Grants

SimPORTAL (Simulation PeriOperative Resource for Teaching and Learning) announces the availability of Simulation Support Grants to provide funding for the use of simulation in medical education at the University of Minnesota Medical School. The goal of this program is to develop courses to be held in SimPORTAL that meet education “best practices,” and foster multidisciplinary team training for students, residents or fellows. All submissions should be completed by May 15, 2009. See the "Request for Proposals" and "Grant Form" for more details.

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On December 21, 2007, SimPORTAL received notification that the SimPORTAL program had received American College of Surgeons accreditation as a Level I ACS Accredited Education Institute, becoming one of only nineteen such institutions in the country.

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Surgical Simulation Fellowship Available

A position has been posted on the University of Minnesota Job Site for a Surgical Simulation Fellow. The goal of this position is to provide a foundation for creating international leaders in the development, evaluation and delivery of medical education curricula enhanced by simulation technologies. Once this one year fellowship is completed, the Surgical Simulation Fellow will be facile in simulation education theory and practice and will have developed their own technical skills through an array of simulation activities. The Fellow will be involved in simulation classes for medical students and residents as well as in the design and implementation of all surgical simulation activities that occur within SimPORTAL.  The Fellow will also involved in their choice of an array of simulation research projects via the Center for Research in Education and Simulation Technologies (CREST) and via participation in the SimPORTAL's Curriculum and Assessment Council.

Applicants must be an M.D. and be enrolled or have completed a residency in any surgically-oriented field. International candidates with the intent on developing a simulation center/program in their home country are encouraged to apply.

We will soon begin accepting applications for the fellowship starting July 1, 2010.

For more information click here.