Training leads to safer surgery and improved patient outcomes.
Simulated clinical exercises allow healthcare providers to manage cardiac arrest, trauma, and medical emergency scenarios from start to finish.
Northwestern Simulation’s Innovations Laboratory creates training devices to fill gaps in current medical education and improve curriculum.
ID&D specializes in creating interactive learning tools and integrating them into medical education plans.
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Ellie O'Brien, research engineer for Northwestern Simulation's Innovation Laboratory, uses real medical data to design 3D-printed models for education and training purposes. Her work was recently featured in a hands-on exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. The exhibit, part of the museum's Spring Make Festival, allows visitors to explore technologies that are reshaping the worlds of design and production.
Models such as these, on display at the Museum of Science and Industry, are helping doctors at Lurie Children's Hospital train to create customized foot braces before they ever see the patient. Using a CT scan of the patient's foot, an exact replica of the bones and joints structure is 3D-printed with two different materials at the same time. This hard structure is then cast in silicone, to mimic the soft tissue of a real patient's foot.
Department of Medicine faculty members with an expertise in simulation-based mastery learning work together at Northwestern Simulation to conduct research and education.
Hundreds of attendees visited Northwestern Simulation’s open house on March 22 and participated in hands-on demonstrations. Simulated clinical exercises allow students and healthcare providers to learn procedural skills, improve teamwork and sharpen their communication skills.