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  John Rice MODSIM WORLD will be in Virginia Beach, VA October 9-15.  There is an entire track devoted to Health and Medicine at this years conference. Of note, John Rice is serving as one of the Health and Medicine Deputy track chairs.  John has an extensive and notable history in the simulation and modeling community.  John also serves on several committees for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. A number of staff, board, and general Society for Simulation

Aurel Mihai, one of our Clinical Playground “Players” has updated his Bio.  Aurel is slugging his way through his Med 1 year at Ross University.  Dr. Katie White, another one of our “Players”  recently accepted a hospitalist position at the VA Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. While members of Clinical Playground move around from time to time, the group is always looking forward to working together on projects that promote simulation and game-based learning for health sciences, public safety,

Eric Bauman, PhD, Clinical Playground, LLC Founder and Managing Member recently returned from giving a workshop titled Leveraging Technology in Medical Education at Medsation: 1st Annual OSU-CHS Medical Education Conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  The workshop was very well received and generated substantial discussion about how quickly technology is changing the landscape of not only medical and clinical education, but also higher education in general.  The first half of the workshop focused on contemporary frameworks and theories supporting various

The Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas is hosting the healthcare simulation industry’s first ever “Gathering of Technicians” event. This conference is the result of  an overwhelming call by the community of simulation technicians who in so many ways support simulation-based research and education in the field of healthcare simulation. This event is being sponsored by the Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas and University of Nevada – Las Vegas School of Nursing, University

Dr. Eric B. Bauman, managing member of Clinical Playground, LLC will be in Tulsa, OK presenting workshops on Game-Based Learning for Medical Education during Medsation: 1st Annual OSU-CHS Medical Education Conference on August 2 & 3, 2011. The workshop will be given twice, once on each day and is titled Game-Based Learning for Clinical Education: A workshop to inform clinical educators and engage the contemporary learners. The workshop will focus on learner engagement, technology

Clinical Playground, LLC Managing Member, Eric B. Bauman was recently at the 2011 INACSL Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. This year’s conference was held at the Hilton Convention Center located on the Walt Disney property.  The conference was well attended and seems to be attracting more attendees from outside of the U.S. This conference seems to be growing every year.  Sessions were well attended including the session presented by Bauman and co-produced by

Eric B. Bauman I was in Oklahoma City last week on May 24-25, 2011 for the 5th Annual Oklahoma Health Care Work Force Simulation Conference.  This year’s theme was “Training as a Patient Care Team”.  My talk titled Leveraging the Potential of Game-Based Learning for Clinical Education focused on the pedagogy of game-based learning and why multi-media tools like virtual environments and video games are becoming an important tool for clinical education, particularly multi-professional training opportunities that encompass all

Virtual Heroes HumanSim The 2011 Games for Health Conference in Boston last week was a big hit. This year featured distinct pre-conference tracks including the Medica Ludica track.  Clinical Playground’s own Eric B. Bauman presented on educational theory for game-based learning in the clinical sciences.  The Games for Health Conference series is one of the few venues where attendees can take a very hands on approach to learning about games designed for healthcare education from both the clinical and