HeartWorks
HeartWorks provides realistic ultrasound training simulation in cardiac anatomy and echocardiography, enabling trainees to develop their knowledge of cardiac structures, practice complex and invasive procedures, and image interpretation in a safe and non pressurised environment.
BSE adapts to challenging times with simulated scanning for candidates
We were recently delighted to be able to support the BSE with their TTE, Critical Care, and Level 1 practical assessments. We caught up with Executive Director, Jo Sopala, to hear what she thought of the day… “The British Society of Echocardiography is regarded as having a world class accreditation process and a major contributor…
Critical Care Echo.. Glenfield Hospital leads the way with BodyWorks Eve
Dr Gary Lau, ITU Consultant and Hannah Conway, Advanced Critical Care Practitioner at Glenfield Hospital share their thoughts on the new BodyWorks Eve and how the new PoCUS and Echo training simulator is supporting the hospital’s g&h CritCareEcho program. “We first met EVE back in July 2018. Our vision was to integrate a simulator into…
EACVI TEE Teaching Course supported by HeartWorks
MedaPhor recently supported the EACVI (European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging) Teaching Course on Transoesophageal 2D and 3D Echocardiography with four HeartWorks TEE simulators. The EACCME accredited course took place at the European Heart House in Sophia Antipolis, France, and welcomed over 90 cardiologists for three days of comprehensive theoretical and hands-on training sessions. HeartWorks TEE…
HeartWorks powers first Resuscitative TEE Project workshop
MedaPhor’s HeartWorks simulators have powered the first Resuscitative TEE Project (#RESTEE) workshop at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. It is believed that this is the first practical course of its kind dedicated solely to the practice of resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the United States. The Project was the brain-child of Dr.…
Canada’s largest sonography programme chooses ScanTrainer and HeartWorks
Mohawk College, in collaboration with McMaster University, has opened a new Centre for Healthcare Simulation, an interprofessional educational facility, complete with new ScanTrainer and HeartWorks simulators to support its expanding sonography programme. The college had been a ScanTrainer user since 2015. Although initially planning to utilise ScanTrainer to teach students obstetric ultrasound motion skills, its greater…
Study finds HeartWorks can improve novice performance in Critical Care
A recent clinical study* has found that adding HeartWorks TEE Simulators (Transesophageal Echocardiography) to training can improve novices’ ability to perform focused critical care TEE. The study, conducted by the University of Bern, Switzerland, took 44 intensive care unit trainees and randomly split them into two groups; one group receiving four hours of lecture-based training…
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).…
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…
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…