September found the iEXCEL team enthusiastically supporting preparations for the Davis Global Center Dedication celebrations (October 13 – 15, 2020).

We hope you will join us for:

The design of the Davis Global Center incorporates the total replicated healthcare system – including a simulated home and ambulance bay – “From Home to Hospital and Back!” The concept was to ensure we could simulate the safe transfer of a patient from one facility to another and/or one level of care to the next. Kudos to Nebraska Medicine's neonatal team – LifeNet of the Heartland who created an interprofessional scenario to practice transporting a neonate in critical condition from a Nebraska critical access hospital to Nebraska Medicine.

Physician Assistant (PA) students from Kearney visited the Davis Global Center and joined with the UNMC PAs for “Introduction to the Operation Room.” They became familiar with surgical instruments, donning and doffing PPE and surgical task trainers. Additionally, Physical Therapy (PT) students practiced the critical skill of transferring a patient between bed and chair.

Anesthesiology residents practiced airway insertion and central line placement, and first-year fellows learned pain medicine procedures. Surgical residents conducted a laparoscopy ventral hernia repair as well as sigmoid colectomy. Emergency Medicine residents practiced diagnostic skills supported by the ultrasound trainers; learned to remove an airway blockage from Hal Jr. as well as practiced triaging simultaneous emergencies!

Recently, the iEXCEL Visualization team launched the trial version of a realistic, pelvic model for use on the Z-Space and 3D CAD Walls. Created in collaboration with the UNMC College of Nursing and Jennifer Cera, DNP, APRN-NP, WHNP-BC, this model teaches the anatomy of the female pelvic floor. By interacting and manipulating the models in 3D space, students are able to see different types of anatomical variations at different stages.

In September, three iEXCEL staff members were inducted into the Interprofessional Academy of Educators (IAE). Congratulations to Jenni Bouckhuyt, Surgical Simulation Program Supervisor, Dr. Asit Misra, Simulation Research Scientist, and Samantha Rogers, Clinical Simulation Program Supervisor.