human simulators at KCOM

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to kcom students...

i was told that the school recently bought 2 human simulators...are these different from "harvey"? are they integrated into your curriculum yet? i know the new tech. center will house the two machines, but do you guys even use them right now? how do you think your education would be affected without them....

thanks guys!!! 😍

 

[Munchkin6245]

stimulators???

 

[DO it right]

yea..they stimulate humans in real life situations--such as heart attack, they even blink their eyes. KCOM recently bought two of them, i think they're the only osteopathic school with two of such machines. more schools are moving toward purchasing one as well..nova is soon about buy their second one.

 

[Munchkin6245]

don't you mean simulators?

 

[DO it right]

haha...oh wait..what have i been saying...

 

[Boomer]

stimulators???

Yeah. Big deal. My wife's got two or three of those...

 

[KryptonSparc]

The two human simulators have only recently become fully operational - ready to practice on. As of present they are not being used by students, however, that is expected to change. Initially, (at least for the current year) they plan to allow us to practice on the simulators and to do some tinkering to figure out how best to incorporate the technology into our courses. The most likely use will be something along the lines of the current practice of doing patient interviews and phsyicals. The idea being that once you have a brief history from your patient, you can go to the simulator and do a phsyical workup with realistic findings (i.e., ronchi, wheezing, tachycardia, etc., etc.) This would add a level of realism to patient assessment. Of course the simulators also allow for treatment and "emergency" type scenarios, so the possible uses are huge.

 

[NewRawTick]

http://www.meti.com/hps.html

This is our new toy...err, learning tool. I hope we (Class of 2008) get to practice on it before our clinicals.

 

[DO it right]

Yeah. Big deal. My wife's got two or three of those...

haha..u're funny boomer..

 

[DO it right]

http://www.meti.com/hps.html

This is our new toy...err, learning tool. I hope we (Class of 2008) get to practice on it before our clinicals.

thanx for the link..its great!

 

[group_theory]

i think they're the only osteopathic school with two of such machines.

PCOM has had stan the man (simulator) for quite some time now (and I think they are getting another one in the near future). I believe PCOM is the only school in Pennsylvania to have it.

Good training for ACLS

Not only does it blink (and complain about pain caused by the physician), but its PERRLA - which I find strange

 

[DO it right]

The two human simulators have only recently become fully operational - ready to practice on. As of present they are not being used by students, however, that is expected to change. Initially, (at least for the current year) they plan to allow us to practice on the simulators and to do some tinkering to figure out how best to incorporate the technology into our courses. The most likely use will be something along the lines of the current practice of doing patient interviews and phsyicals. The idea being that once you have a brief history from your patient, you can go to the simulator and do a phsyical workup with realistic findings (i.e., ronchi, wheezing, tachycardia, etc., etc.) This would add a level of realism to patient assessment. Of course the simulators also allow for treatment and "emergency" type scenarios, so the possible uses are huge.

woah..you registered just to answer my question.....that's great man..i appreciate it...i hope class of 09 would get to use them.

 

[Geronimo]

I thought the simulators were awesome. I think they will make a significant difference psychologically as well as some "real" experience for docs going out there just like Harvey helped so much with cardiac scenarios.