Clinical Playground’s Founder Dr. Eric B. Bauman was recently recognized by Sigma or Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing for his volunteer contributions. Sigma has over 135,000 active members and is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, teaching, learning, and service through the cultivation of communities of practice, education, and research. Dr. Bauman was recognized for his contributions to the organization including grant and conference submissions at the international level, his contributions to Sigma publications and
Clinical Playground’s Dr. Eric B. Bauman is happy to announce that he has been selected by the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) Screening Committee to run for the position of president-elect. Dr. Bauman’s important mission has always been to democratize clinical expertise and advance the science of healthcare simulation. His dedication to developing pedagogy specific to simulation has brought about advances in nursing and health professions education and leadership. Such advances in clinical education have a
Dr. Andi Parodi with Dr. Bauman’s text at ModSimWorld Dr. Andrea “Andi” Parody is a Research Associate Professor at Old Dominion University. Prior joining the faculty at Old Dominion University to Dr. Parodi served a robust Navy career. She was Head of Nursing Research, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA and was Program Manager for Field Medical Technologies for Navy and Marine Corps at Naval Health Research Center in San Diego, CA. Her work there focused on testing and
The Serious Games Arcade and Showcase at the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) 2014 was bigger and better than ever. IMSH is the official conference of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). Over 350 people attended the arcade. Feedback from various stakeholders was overwhelmingly positive with feedback saying the Arcade and Showcase was one of the highlights of IMSH and that more time and space should be allocated to Serious Games and Virtual Environments. The judging for
Bruce Nappi & Sem Lampotang By Katie White, MD The Serious Games and Virtual Environments Showcase and Arcade at IMSH 2013 in in Orlando, Florida at Peabody Convention Center was a resounding success again this year. The number of participants continues to grow as does the buzz surrounding the event. Using the hashtag #IMSHarcade, Twitter kept IMSH attendees informed about the event and certainly contributed to the record numbers of gamers who showed up to try out this year’s entries. Awards
Dr. Eric B. Bauman will be giving a noon talk at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Health Sciences Learning Center about his recently published textbook Game-Based Teaching and Simulation in Nursing and Healthcare on November 8, 2012. Co-author and frequent collaborator Dr. Moses Wolfenstein will be introducing Dr. Bauman and tweeting the event. In addition, the event will be live streamed by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health as part of their
The Fall and Winter conference circuit is shaping up. Dr. Eric B. Bauman, Clinical Playground’s founder and managing member will be giving the plenary session on Game-Based Learning at the California Simulation Alliance Magic in Teaching Conference in San Francisco November 14-16, 2012. Dr. Bauman will also be facilitating a workshop on hybrid simulation with Dr. Parvati Dev of ClinicSpace. Bauman will also be joined by colleagues, Parvati Dev & LeRoy Wm. Heinrichs (CliniSpace), Katie White (University