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Skills must be practiced: Lessons learned from COVID-19

Having a plan is necessary, but it isn’t enough. It must be practiced. As recently as October of 2019, the...

Dry Runs: Vital to Simulation Success

Do you find yourself making changes to a simulation after your first few students complete their experience? Avkin’s consultants will...

Earpieces may harm your simulation

The use of earpieces has become a trend in Simulated Participant simulation. While seemingly logical, the need to use this...

Avkin Founder Once Again Recognized as Leader, Innovator

Avkin founder and CEO Amy Cowperthwait continues to be recognized as a leader and innovator in healthcare simulation and education....

Why do we struggle with communication? We don’t practice it.

A recent Nurse Blake TikTok poking fun at a nursing student calling SBAR to a provider made me think -...

Avkin adds more realism to healthcare simulation

The new Avband is a 21st-century solution to simulated participants (SPs) going off script. No longer are simulationists stuck behind...

Avwound – Woundcare Reimagined

Pressure ulcers and other open wounds are costly medical conditions, in terms of both healthcare expenses and patient wellbeing. According...

Avkin Turns to the Experts to Create and Develop the Avwound

When developing a product, we reach out to professionals and educators to ensure that our products are needed and will...

An Academic Review – Gaps in Wound Care Education

Pressure injuries have long been a problem plaguing healthcare systems. With many schools reducing time spent on wound care education,...

New training device aims to reduce hospital complications, costs

Newport, Delaware – Avwound is the latest product in Avkin’s line of high-fidelity wearable simulators. With blanching, tunneling, and realistic...

New Chest Tube Simulator Most Lifelike on the Market

Newport, Del. – Avkin’s newest wearable, the Avthor, is a comprehensive chest tube simulator designed to provide learners as true...

Avcath transforms catheterization training

Newport, DE – Avkin’s newest wearable device, the Avcath, brings true-to-life simulation to healthcare learners everywhere. Catheterization is a skill...

Avtone is the highest fidelity product in the auscultation simulator market

Newport, DE – The Avtone is Avkin’s entry into the auscultation market. Identifying deviation from typical heart and lung sounds...

Avline helps healthcare instructors train crucial skill

Newport, DE – Avkin’s newest device, the Avline, brings central line simulation to life. Central line care is vital to...

Avstick creates safe learning environment to train IV starts and blood draws

Newport, DE – A new tool is available for healthcare learners to practice valuable skills in a safe, life-like environment....

Closing the Preparation – Practice Gap for Wounds

With pressure injuries (PI) as a major concern for patient safety and the cost of patient care, Ayello et al....

Has the Academic-Practice Gap Turned to a Chasm?

What both academia and practice can do to keep new graduates from tripping over the welcome mat. It is well...

Why we give SP feedback in the third person

When teaching on Simulated Participant (SP) Feedback, we are often asked why we teach SPs to give feedback in the...

An Essential Guide to Hospital Simulation

For years, it’s been an open secret that a gap exists between the skills healthcare providers need to have and...

What makes a Simulated Participant Program Resilient and High Functioning?

A healthy culture has been shown to maximize outcomes and productivity while retaining a high performing resilient team. For this...

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Skills must be practiced: Lessons learned from COVID-19

Having a plan is necessary, but it isn’t enough. It must be practiced. As recently as October of 2019, the Global Health Security Index recognized the United States as the top-ranked nation regarding healthcare security. In the scoring rubric, the US ranked near the top in every category. Its policies and hypothetical procedures instilled a