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Introducing the Derby Ultrasound Critical Care Course (DUCC) featuring HeartWorks
The Royal Derby University Hospital’s Ultrasound in Critical Care Course (DUCC) developed by Dr. Craig Morris, Consultant Intensivist and Anaesthetist, is a stimulating 2-day course of lectures and workshops covering the essentials of transthoracic echocardiography in critical care settings. The course is CPD accredited by FICE (Focused Intensive Care Echo) and the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA).…
MedaPhor wins first ScanTrainer customer in India
MedaPhor Group plc is pleased to announce its first ScanTrainer sales in India. Indira IVF, a leading group of private fertility clinics in India, has purchased three ScanTrainer Transvaginal training simulators to meet the growing ultrasound training demands of its 80 clinicians and 90 embryologists across its 22 fertility centres across India. The group plans to…
Exploring the use of Ultrasound in ALS Training
On the 17th July, Darent Valley Hospital hosted and piloted the first Cardiac Arrest Ultrasound Course in the UK. The course, which is intended as an adjunct to current Advanced Life Support (ALS) training, has been designed to determine when and how ultrasound should be employed within current ALS guidelines and protocols in treating the…
Better training, Better healthcare…
Dr. Thomas Burch M.D., Cardiac Anesthesiologist from Boston Children’s Hospital gives a personal account of how simulation training using the HeartWorks system helped to increase his confidence with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in his patient care. “I first came across the HeartWorks Simulator back in 2005 when I began teaching Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE). At that time…
British Society of Echocardiography establish standards in TOE accreditation through simulation
Ms. Jane Lynch, Expert Cardiac Physiologist, from University Hospital of South Manchester (UK) and Chair of the Accreditation Committee at the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) looks at the challenges of TOE education and how simulation can play a key role within current training pathways and certification. “Clinical training in transesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is still…
British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) approves HeartWorks eLearn to its members for the TOE syllabus
We are pleased to announce that HeartWorks eLearn has been approved by the British Society of Echocardiography as an educational resource for Transoesophageal Echocardiography (TOE) compatible to its syllabus and will be launched to all Society members at the forthcoming BSE Annual meeting in London. HeartWorks eLearn is a web-based, interactive, self-directed learning tool for clinicians…
MedaPhor installs 500th simulation system
MedaPhor Group plc (AIM: MED), the global provider of advanced ultrasound training simulators for medical professionals, announces it has sold its 500th simulation system, with the installation of a HeartWorks TTE Mobile echocardiography skills simulator at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Clinical Simulation Center. MedaPhor’s ScanTrainer and HeartWorks product ranges offer clinicians true-to-life…
Brand new centre for ultrasound education in the north east of England
MedaPhor is pleased to announce that Teesside University has chosen ScanTrainer as the core ultrasound training simulator for its brand new ultrasound simulation hub – Regional Ultrasound Simulation Centre. The centre will be the ultrasound education hub for the North East England region. The centre, located within Teesside University’s School of Health and Social Care,…
MedaPhor wins at MediWales Innovation Awards
MedaPhor Group plc is pleased to have been awarded the Export Achievement award at MediWales’ 10th Innovation Awards. The annual awards ceremony, which took place at the National Museum in Cardiff, saw MedaPhor top the shortlist for its achievements overseas in the last 12 months. The company has seen significant success as a result of increasing…
Bringing ultrasound into simulation with the NEW HeartWorks TTE Mobile
Point of care ultrasound is becoming widely recognised among multiple clinical specialities, as a valuable diagnostic procedure that offers far-reaching benefits in managing patient care. But while technological advances in recent years have increased the availability of easy-to-use, high-quality imaging and lower cost ultrasound units, the training opportunities to develop the necessary skills to use…