Operation Simulation ACOM Students to represent U.S. at international simulation competition After national simulation tournament win, the students are headed to Paris. March 6, 2017Monday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics ACOMNational Sim Challenge A team of second-year students from the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine is headed to the city of lights. The team won the National Sim Challenge during the 2017 American Medical Student Association (AMSA) annual convention in Washington D.C. They will represent the U.S. and advance to the international simulation competition in Paris. The objective of the Sim Challenge is simple: save the patient. Student teams are shown emergent clinical scenarios that tests their medical knowledge, clinical skills, teamwork and communication. Eight teams competed in the bracket-style national tournament this year. “Simulation is an important part of medical education because it provides student with opportunities to have high-stakes patient encounters in a safe environment,” says John Giannini, MD, associate professor of internal medicine and director of simulation at ACOM. Since November, the students have been training weekly in a simulation boot camp at ACOM designed by Dr. Giannini. In training, students faced intense simulated scenarios like pulmonary embolisms, heart attacks and knife wounds. They will continue their simulation boot camp to prepare for the international simulation competition during the Society in Europe for the Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM) annual meeting in June. More in Newsbriefs Applications now open for AOA’s new Physician Payment Policy Fellowship Apply for the AOA’s inaugural 18-month Physician Payment Policy Fellowship and deepen your expertise in healthcare payment systems. Applications are due Dec. 19, 2025. DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book. Previous articleCaring for patients with chronic illness through shared medical appointments Next articleArizona governor pushes for opioid-related CME
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DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book.