AMU professor discusses the increasing role of simulation in EMT education

EMS Magazine’s website recently spoke with Anthony S. Mangeri, MPA, EMT-P, active emergency responder and professor at American Military University who is a firm believer in the use of medical simulation technology for educating EMT students. Mangeri discusses how, as simulation systems get more sophisticated, they’ll be able to provide a better picture of what works and what doesn’t work, educationally speaking. Read the entire interview below.

AACC Corporate Council offers new business perspectives for Community Colleges

The American Association of Community Colleges’ Corporate Council is an advisory body made up of business and industry leaders to provide two-year community college programs with feedback and recommendations from the private sector. The Council met recently to discuss new ideas and business models for colleges to help address the economic downturn. Lou Oberndorf, Chairman of the Board of METI and member of the council, said that colleges have to find new ways to secure funds in order to continue to serve students at the current rate. Click below for the full article.

iStan helps Air Evac Lifeteam in local “Train the Trainers” program

Air Evac Lifeteam may be the nation’s largest independently owned air ambulance company but they also like to act locally. Recently, with the aid of METI’s wireless simulator, iStan, Air Evac brought several of its crew members to a Comfort Inn in Oak Ridge, Tennessee to train as instructors to help local emergency-related agencies such as fire departments in rural areas. “We want to help out the communities we are in,” said Robert Galvin, regional manager of Patient Care Services for Air Evac. The company has about 300 instructors nationwide.

ASUMH gets to work with their new METIman

Faculty from both the Nursing and Emergency Medical Services programs at Arkansas State University Mountain Home already have big plans for their recently acquired METIman simulator. The newest member of their Simulation Center was recently introduced to key people in leadership positions at the university and will soon be in full swing training students, including being part of an ambulance simulation environment that allows EMS students to work in a realistically cramped and confined space. Funding for ASUMH’s METIman came from a Partners for Care grant from the U.S. Department of Labor designed to address shortages of trained healthcare workers in rural areas.

MERI receives recognition as a Simulation Center of Excellence

The Medical Education & Research Institute in Memphis has been conducting high-tech training for physicians from all over the country and the world since its inception 15 years ago as a joint venture of Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corp., Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Corp. and Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute. The Center, which features METIman, BabySIM and PediaSIM among other METI products, was recently designated as a Simulation Center of Excellence by Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen and the Tennessee state legislature and this week was featured in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis’ leading daily newspaper.