Innovative virtual reality aid for ultrasound-guided needling MedaPhor is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant offer from Innovate UK to fund the development of NeedleGuideTM, a new augmented reality imaging device for ultrasound-guided needling, aimed at improving patient safety as well reducing the time and cost of these difficult procedures. Doctors…
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…
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…
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…
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…
