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Frequently Asked Questions – Part 2

The second part of our FAQ focuses on properly training your SPs and preparing them for simulation. To help you...

Frequently Asked Questions – Part 1

It's not always smooth sailing when building or running a simulation program. To help you address issues you may be...

Patients don’t announce vitals. Now simulations won’t either.

New Partnership Brings More Realism to Healthcare Simulation For the next-generation healthcare professionals, realism is required to master the many...

Examining the Vital Signs Package

For decades, technology has changed how students are educated, providing more realistic training. This increase in realism increases buy-in, allowing...

As Technology Evolves, So Does Simulation

Healthcare training has evolved dramatically since its inception, thanks to changes in technology. However, at its core, it has always...

What compromises in fidelity can you afford in simulation?

The goal of any simulation is to maintain as high fidelity as possible. Therefore, when providing students with a learning...

Avkin: How Far We’ve Come

I never saw myself as a CEO of a company. Yet here we are. Avkin entered its sixth year, released...

The ‘Why’ of Avkin

Avkin exists to impart healthcare learners the chance to stretch themselves to the edge of their ability and learn from...

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...

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Frequently Asked Questions – Part 2

The second part of our FAQ focuses on properly training your SPs and preparing them for simulation. To help you address issues you may be facing, we are sharing some Frequently Asked Questions we receive, and our advice for these situations and concerns. How to keep SPs from going off the rails and staying in