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News Release
May 10, 2007
Grant Will Help Expand Health Care Lab at Boise State
Boise State University’s departments of Nursing, Radiological Sciences, and
Respiratory Care have been awarded $170,000 for simulation lab expansion.
The award is through the Idaho State Board of Education’s Idaho Technology
Incentive Grant (ITIG) program.
Work on the project, titled “A Collaborative Approach to High Fidelity
Simulator Simulations,” will begin in July. The goals of this proposal are
to use high-fidelity simulators, or simulators capable of complicated
high-tech tasks, to develop and implement simulations of multiple-patient
caseloads; develop and implement high-fidelity simulations illustrating
life-threatening conditions, appropriate for use with interdisciplinary
student teams; develop and implement progressively complex simulations for
specialized patient populations of pediatrics and obstetrics, along with
intermediate medical/surgical cases; and increase faculty and technician
expertise in the creation of simulations of complex patient care and
multidisciplinary teams.
Pam Springer, chair of Boise State’s Department of Nursing, is enthusiastic
about the new equipment and opportunities it will bring to students and the
community. “It is exciting that Boise State will be supporting teaching and
learning with technology-rich equipment,” she said. “It is helping to move
our program and others in the College of Health Sciences forward.”
This award complements and builds upon the 2006 award of $213,600, also from
the Idaho State Board of Education, titled “From the Manikin to the Patient:
Simulation to Reality.” The focus of that project was on increasing student
learning and confidence with basic skills performance through instant access
to clinical decision support software on PDAs, repetitive review of
video-streamed lectures, and the creation of a computer- and simulator-based
skills laboratory.
The College of Health Sciences at Boise State University is dedicated to
providing programs of educational excellence for present and future health
professionals. For more information on programs, visit
http://hs.boisestate.edu/.
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Contact: Lori Werth, Department of Nursing, (208) 426-4632,
loriwerth@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
May is “Return to Learn” month at Boise State University. “Return to
Learn” is a concentrated effort to provide information on the best options
for returning to school to those who are considering taking classes from the
university. For more information, call (208) 562-3127 or click
http://returntolearn.boisestate.edu.
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Last reviewed on
Thursday, May 10, 2007
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