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C E O ’ S L E T T E R

As 2010 draws to a close, let me begin by wishing everyone in the Meti family a happy and prosperous 2011.

2010 has been a remarkable year for METI and one that I will look back on fondly. It has been a tremendous honor to be given the reins of such an innovative and forward-

thinking company and one so immersed in the important work of healthcare education and patient safety.

As we’ve been busy settling into our new building this year, our top priority has been a new METI initiative we call Operational Excellence.

Operational Excellence is all about delivering the best user experience for our clients. We are making meaningful improvements in efficiency,

quality and customer support. You already love METI technologies, but in 2011, we will become famous for our service pledge.

I’ll share more on Operational Excellence at HPSN2011 in February, where we will also unveil METI LearningSpace™, a best-in-class learning and center management system. Also new at HPSN is our invited guest speaker, Erik Wahl, who is renowned for challenging his audience with thoughts on empowering leadership and embracing change. Erik comes highly recommended and has spoken extensively in healthcare. We will also be debuting the METI Cup at HPSN, the first METI Awards and many other learning and networking opportunities.

As we celebrate 15 years of learning at HPSN 2011, it will also be a great opportunity to hear your thoughts and insights — not only on what we’ve accomplished as a community on the cutting edge of healthcare education these past 15 years — but also your ideas and vision for the future. I hope as many of you as possible can make it as I know it will be a truly rewarding and productive meeting for all of us.

Until then, I wish you all a happy holiday season.

Mike Bernstein, President and CEO

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Müse® for PediaSIM® and BabySIM®Since its introduction in 2009, Müse, the touch-screen capable user interface has been rolling out for all METI simulator platforms and recently became available for PediaSIM ECS and BabySIM. Müse gives users advanced control of their simula-tors as well as all the tools needed to easily create scenarios and patients and manage content for use anywhere. And, it also comes standard with Touch-Pro software that looks and acts just like a real-world patient monitor including capnography. Müse will be available for the HPS platform in early 2011.

Software Updates – See Page 14 for more information on all the latest METI software updates.

Simulation Just Got a Whole Lot Easier to AcquireAt the recent National League for Nursing confer-ence, METI announced a new subscription model for nursing schools that provides a more afford-able means of enhancing institutional learning environments with the latest simulation tools. The subscription model costs $29,990 a year and includes a METIman Nursing or Prehospital simula-tor, the complete Program for Nursing Curriculum Integration (PNCI®) with 100 evidence-based Simu-lated Clinical Experiences™, and an extended METI warranty program. Subscribers must sign up for a minimum of three years to qualify.

METI Supports Endowment of a New Professorship at UFMETI Chairman, Lou Oberndorf recently attended the signing ceremony for a new Professor-ship at the University of Florida (UF), which was endowed by METI and the Lou and Rosemary Oberndorf Charitable Foundation. Known as the Lou Oberndorf Professorship of Medical Technol-ogy, this endowment reflects METI’s commitment to continually exploring new breakthroughs in medical education technologies and continues the METI-UF legacy of innovation and entre-preneurial success. The signing ceremony took place in Gainesville, Florida and included Bernard Machen, President of UF and Mike Good, one of the inventors of the original Human Patient Simulator and the current Dean of Medicine at UF.

iStan® Receives the EMS World 2010 Top Innovations AwardiStan V2, the latest version of METI’s world-renowned wireless patient simulator, was recently awarded a Top Innovation Award by EMS World Magazine, one of the leading publications for the EMS industry. The awards are designed to recognize the industry’s most innovative products that were exhibited at the 2010 EMS Expo conference. The winners were chosen by industry expert and EMS World Magazine Editorial Advisory Board Member Mike Smith, BS, MICP.


Cleveland Metro Life Flight Beats the Competition in

The METI Cup 2010What is it about competition that gets your heart beating faster, your hands sweating and the real-ization that you are actually holding your breath? When it comes to heart pounding action, noth-ing beats watching ten teams of the most skilled air medical professionals put everything they have into the annual METI Cup Critical Care Skills compe-tition and this year was no exception.

METI and the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) have hosted the METI Cup for the past nine years and every year the competition gets more in-tense and the competitors more skilled.

This October, during the AMTC annual conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ten teams from all over North America came to the METI Cup 2010 to com-pete, including a number of newcomers. The pre-liminary competition featured PediaSIM and iStan

with the teams working to save an 8-year-old boy and 65-year-old adult with a complex list of clinical symptoms. The following, day three teams went head-to-head in the METI Cup finals on the main stage in front of a large crowd of AMTC attendees. Nathan Hodgson and Christian Brienik of Cleveland Metro Life Flight were first time winners with Cana-da’s STARS team and University of Michigan Surviv-al Flight coming in second and third respectively.

The METI Cup provides plenty of spectator excite-ment every year but it’s also a robust learning ex-perience that stays with the competitors for the rest of their careers. A past competitor and one of this year’s facilitators, Jason Lanning, RN with Air Method - Colorado, commented after the event: “I flew my first call today out to a rural area for a head injury. We Rapid Sequence Intubationed the pa-tient and enroute to the hospital my partner kept

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wanting me to administer a longer acting paralytic. Because the patient had a post-trauma seizure and reported posturing, I specifically did not paralyze him after the intubation, because I didnt want to miss repeated seizures. I’m not sure I would have had the same thought process a week before this METI Cup and watching the awesome flight crews think through some amazing scenarios. I’ve always felt these competitions helped me be a better flight crew member, and I’ve already had validation from this years experience. Thanks again!”

“Jason Lanning was able to apply what he learned from the competition in the field to help save a patient’s life,” said Dawn M. Mancuso, CAE, Execu-tive Director/CEO of the Association of Air Medical Services. “If this is not evidence of the value that the METI Cup brings not only to AMTC, but to the patients that we all ultimately serve, I do not know what is.”

METI would like to thank all the teams who took part in the competition and everyone behind the scenes who helped make this year’s event another tremendous success. Special thanks go to Chief Judge, Dr. Peter Gant; Chair, Bruce Parsons; Co-Chair, Paul Mazurek; Judges, Dr. Keith Allen and Dr. Kelly Cox; Simulation Operators, Frankie Meneses and Richard Low and Facilitators, Dan Anger, Jason Lanning, Bob Mayberry and Scott McTaggart.

This year the METI Cup will also be coming to HPSN 2011. See page 7 for details.

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If you haven’t been to the HPSN annual meeting in a while, this is certainly the year to consider returning. There will be many new events, activities and a new exhibits floor along with all the educa-tional, training and networking opportuni-ties that HPSN has become so renowned for. And, if you are a new METI customer or thinking about attending for the first time there are some special activities that you won’t want to miss, including the availabil-ity of free METI Training Sessions for the first time at the conference.

We look forward to seeing you all and making HPSN2011 another exceptional and inspirational conference. Start making your plans today. February is right around the corner!

HPSn newS is pleased to bring you this special preview of all the upcoming events and highlights of what has become the largest and most important

gathering of medical simulation leaders in the world.

get ready for HPSn2011!

register today! hpsn.com February 22-24, 2011Marriott waterside Hotel & Marina tampa, Florida

Keynote Speaker – Erik Wahl. Unlearn the rules, break the boundaries, free the thought pro-cess and rediscover your untapped potential with Erik Wahl, HPSN2011’s keynote speaker.

The METI Cup at HPSN. The METI Cup is the premier critical care skills competition where the best of the best compete in emergency scenarios using the latest human patient simulation technology. See nursing and EMS students compete in this exciting event and participate in interactive audience judging!

The METI’s Video Awards. See the winning videos and the awards ceremony for METI’s first annual user awards – The METI’s. Visit HPSN.com to vote now.

HPSN2011 Poster Session. Come and see some of the latest research and findings in medical simulation by METI customers from around the world in the HPSN2011 Poster Session.

HPSN Exhibits. For the first time, HPSN will feature an Exhibi-tor’s Floor where attendees can see the latest products and services from a wide variety of medical simulation related companies. The exhibitor showcase will open Tuesday evening at the welcome reception. If you would like more information on exhibitors contact Diane Noyes, METI Events Manager at [email protected] or call 941-536-2815.

CEU Credits Offered at HPSN. HPSN will offer numerous CEU qualified sessions that will promote discussions regarding the knowledge acquired in the use of patient simulation and the state of technology in patient simulation. METI is offering up to 11 credits of CEU at HPSN2011.

Free Training SessionsFor the first time, HPSN2011 is offering free, in-depth METI training courses, valued at over $3,000 per course! Courses require pre-registration online and space is limited. Check hpsn.com for availability. Only a few courses are left.

Regional Meetings. METI will be hosting Regional Meetings on Tuesday, February 22 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm for attendees to meet their METI Regional Sales Manager and colleagues in their area. During your Regional Meeting you will have the chance to network and discuss medical simulation trends specific to your area and how other nearby institutions are integrating simulation into their curriculum.

Special Interest Groups. The Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are an HPSN tradition. The SIGs are designed to allow individuals with a common interest around simulation and learning to come together in an open forum. These are facilitated groups with a flexible agenda. In the SIG forum, individuals are encouraged to share success stories, seek input on challenges and network with each other. This year at HPSN2011 they will meet on Tuesday, February 22 from 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM. The various SIGs that will be offered at HPSN2011 are: • Administrators • Anesthesia and CRNA • Disaster Medicine/Emergency Medicine/EMS • Hospitals and Health Systems • Physician/Medical Educators • Military • Nursing • Pediatrics • Respiratory Care • Simulation Center Coordinators and Technicians

ConFEREnCE HIgHLIgHTS

Want to Develop a Simulation Center? Let’s TalkDiscuss the decision-making processes required in the development of a small or large simulation environment within an academic setting.

Using Simulation to Accelerate Nursing Knowledge and Skill AcquisitionHow to develop a plan to integrate simulation into a hospital-based simulation program including competency assessment.

Today’s Students - Tomorrow’s MentorsAdvance semester students are returning to the skills lab with the guidance of simulation to intro-duce fundamental students skills with a powerful punch.

The Use of Simulation in Teaching a Response to a Code for Nursing StudentsThis workshop will show how to set up a Mock Code situation that occurs on a regular floor of the hospital, and how to effectively train under-graduate nurses to respond to a code.

Simulation: The Next GenerationIntroducing simulation as an approach to enable staff to interact, collaborate and gain an under-standing of each other’s roles through processes of debriefing and assessment, as the driver for learning in interprofessional education.

Shuckin’ the Pants Off Confused Faculty: The Art of DebriefingThis presentation will offer advice and suggestions that promote faculty buy-in of debriefing after simulation.

Lumberjack iStan: Taking the Classroom into the ForestThis presentation will describe the collaborative partnership between the Penn State Mont Alto Nursing Program, the Penn State Forest Technol-ogy program, and multiple community agencies, which allowed for human simulation to be taken into the forest.

Hybrid Use of High-Fidelity Simulation Improves Skill Retention in ACLSThis immersive workshop will demonstrate an effective use of confederate actors with the human patient simulator to help convey best practices of teaching advanced cardiac life support to health care providers.

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Over 100 Concurrent SessionsHPSN2011 Concurrent Sessions always offer a wide array of hands-on and invaluable educational oppor-

tunities from leading educators in medical simulation. This year’s agenda includes interactive sessions,

round-table discussions and podium lectures. Here are just a few of the many sessions on offer:


HPSN2011 ScheduleTuesday, February 22, 20117:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration Desk Open7:00 AM - 4:00 PM METI Product Showcase Open8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary Session – Keynote Speaker: Michael Bernstein Keynote Speaker: Erik Wahl10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Special Interest Groups11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Lunch on your own1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Concurrent Session #12:30 PM - 3:30 PM Concurrent Session #24:00 PM - 5:00 PM Regional Meetings6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception with Exhibitors Grand Opening of Exhibit Hall Wednesday, February 23, 20118:00 AM - 6:00 PM Registration Desk, Exhibit Hall, and Product Showcase Open8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast, Exhibits and Posters9:00 AM - 12:30 PM The METI Cup EMS & Nursing Competitions in the Exhibit Hall9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Concurrent Session #310:15 AM - 11:15 AM Concurrent Session #411:30 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Session #512:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Provided in the Exhibit Hall During Poster Session1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Concurrent Session #62:45 PM - 3:45 PM Concurrent Session #74:00 PM - 5:00 PM Concurrent Session #85:15 PM - 6:15 PM HPSN Awards Ceremony in Exhibit Hall – light snacks provided (presentation of poster ribbons, METI Cup winner presentation, The METIs YouTube videos winner announcement, door prizes giveaway – must be present to win!)

Thursday, February 24, 20117:30 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast, Exhibits and Posters 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM Product Showcase Open9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Concurrent Session #910:15 AM - 11:15 AM Concurrent Session #1011:45 AM - 12:45 PM Concurrent Session #11

Reserve your room at the special HPSN rate today.HPSN2011 is once again being held at the Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina, a bayfront hotel offering elegant amenities in the heart of downtown Tampa. Part of the Channelside District, Waterside Marriott Hotel & Marina is adjacent to the Tampa Convention Center. Luxury accommodations include elegant updated rooms and suites with private balconies and bay or city view options.

METI is pleased to offer the rate of $204 per night upon registration for the HPSN conference. When booking your hotel, please make sure to mention the special HPSN rate code, which is: metmeta for single and double rooms and metmetb

for triple and quad rooms.

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The Third Annual HPSN Asia/Pacific Conference: Medical Education Revolution Through Simulation. This year’s HPSN Asia/Pacific conference was by far the largest in the region to date with over 350 attend-ees, two days of meetings, workshops and events, the first METI Cup Taiwan and plenty of networking and entertainment. “It was remarkable to witness the involvement of the entire emergency medical commu-nity in Taiwan including professors, physicians, nurses and EMS responders, making this HPSN Asia/Pacific an unprecedented success,” said Mike Bernstein, President and CEO of METI.

Hosted by METI, Fu Jen Catholic University and Kuo Yang Scientific Corporation – HPSN Asia/Pacific brought together healthcare professionals throughout the Asia/Pacific region to network and share experiences with simulation. Conference sessions such as: The Use of Patient Simulation in Improving Patient Safety; Using Simulation in Nursing Education; and The Benefit and Variance of Simulation Education in Medical Students, offered attendees focused tracks to further their education and network with like individuals.

On day two of the event, attendees were able to watch the METI Cup Taiwan Critical Care Skills competi-tion, in which healthcare professionals competed in an emergency response scenario utilizing iStan. Emer-gency Medical Technician-Paramedics (EMT-P) practiced procedures on the virtual trauma patient and transported him through the lines of care showing appropriate hospital-based training.

With the overwhelming success of the conference we look forward to next year’s event. To see more photos and videos of HPSN Asia/Pacific visit the wrap-up page at hpsn.com.

HPSN Around the World in 2010

HPSN Around the World in 2010

The Fifth Annual HPSN EuropeThis year’s HPSN Europe two-day event brought educators, practitioners and learners together for an immersive simulation and education conference. Focusing on learning environments Keynote lectures were given by Professor Donna Mead, OBE, University of Glamorgan, Georg Breuer, University of Erlangen, and Balazs Moldovanyi, METI. At the evening reception, attendees were able to network with over 115 individuals and enjoy the local fayre and entertainment.

A main feature of the conference was the widely talked about interactive session with the Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) UK. The sessions focused on using mobile simulation in hazardous areas with prehospital care providers. The session was hosted in a mobile emergency unit that was parked outside the conference hall. During the session attendees were able to witness an accident with debris and major injuries such as an amputation and scalp laceration. Attendees took a hands-on approach to treating the patient (AKA iStan®) from accident point to transportation of the stabilized patient for further care. The ses-sion was repeated multiple times allowing for all attendees to learn more about the possibilities of mobile simulation training and the extreme end of the prehospital care spectrum.

Next year’s conference will take place on November 26 & 27, 2011 at Erbacher Hof Akademie & Tagung-szentrum des Bistums, Mainz. For more information on next year’s conference visit hpsn.com for updates.

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Mark GoldsteinFlorida Atlantic UniversityPatient simulation training takes every imaginable form for Mark Goldstein, director of the Simulation Center and technology for the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. But one of the initiatives he’s currently focusing on is FAU’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Project.

The emphasis on disaster preparedness that came with the 9/11 terror attacks prompted an unprecedented number of medical professionals to volunteer for mobilization in the case of large-scale emergencies. Unfortunately, these highly educated specialists often lack necessary basic life support (BLS) skills, because only hospital staffers are required to have ongoing training in this vital area.

The MRC, Goldstein explains, was designed to hone those skills, as well as to provide sovereign immunity so health care professionals could “jump right in and help where they’re most needed.” With a grant to prepare the MRC volunteers in Broward and Palm Beach counties, the FAU Simulation Center designed a scenario where a hurricane has hit in Ft. Lauderdale and the three nearest hospitals have been destroyed. That leaves the trainees with no evacuation option, no sophisticated medical equipment – and lots of instant decisions to make.

“You have to work basically like you’re on an island,” Goldstein says. “You have your stethoscope, and that’s about it. You don’t even have bandages.”

Goldstein’s team has successfully addressed this problem with five training sessions so far, through a series of drills with METI simulators. “Our goal is not to break their confi-dence,” Goldstein says, “but to build it up, and give them a chance to think about what they need to know in an emergency. So far, our feedback has been exceedingly high.”

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Patient simulation training takes every imaginable form for Mark Goldstein, Director of the Simulation Center and Technology for the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. But one of the initiatives he’s currently focusing on is FAU’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Project.

The emphasis on disaster preparedness that came with the 9/11 terror attacks prompted an un-precedented number of medical professionals to volunteer for mobilization in the case of large-scale emergencies. Unfortunately, these highly educated specialists often lack necessary basic life support (BLS) skills, because only hospital staffers are required to have ongoing training in this vital area.

The MRC, Goldstein explains, was designed to hone those skills, as well as to provide sovereign immunity so health care professionals could “jump right in and help where they’re most needed.” With a grant to

prepare the MRC volunteers in Broward and Palm Beach counties, the FAU Simulation Center designed a scenario where a hurricane has hit in Ft. Lauder-dale and the three nearest hospitals have been de-stroyed. That leaves the trainees with no evacuation option, no sophisticated medical equipment – and lots of instant decisions to make.

“You have to work basically like you’re on an is-land,” Goldstein says. “You have your stethoscope, and that’s about it. You don’t even have bandages.” Goldstein’s team has successfully addressed this problem with five training sessions so far, through a series of drills with METI simulators. “Our goal is not to break their confidence,” Goldstein says, “but to build it up, and give them a chance to think about what they need to know in an emergency. So far, our feedback has been exceedingly high.”

Florida Atlantic University


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Florida Atlantic University

With over a million square miles of ground to cover in Ontario, Canada, the people at Ornge’s Academy of Transport Medicine needed an efficient way to meet the continual training needs of paramedics scattered across the province. The answer, says Simulation Program Manager Jeremy Knight, was to put a heli-copter in a trailer.

As Ontario’s provider of air and ground medical transport for the very ill or critically injured, Ornge began a program of simulating the experience of emergency care under airlift conditions.

“Our goals were to try and create a simulated environment equal to what the paramedics are in on a daily basis,” he says, “and also the challenges of altitude when dealing with seriously ill patients.”

One refinement Knight has added to heighten fidelity was the skull-wracking sound of a 90-decibel helicopter engine. Because this forces paramedics to keep their helmets on, it breaks their habit of relying on their stethoscopes, and reminds them to focus on the simulation’s clinical cues.

The payoffs have come in terms of patient care. “When you see a beginning practitioner who’s very nervous,” Knight says, “and then get the phone calls and letters about how the simulation has made them feel more competent and comfortable, you know we were right to invest as much as we have. The citizens of Ontario deserve no less.”

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Our goals were to try and create a simulated environment equal to what the paramedics are in on a daily basis.JEREMy knIgHTSimulation Program Manager,Ornge Academy of Transport Medicine


Müse

do you have the latest METI software updates?Over the last few months, METI has released a number of new software updates for Müse and METIVision and it’s important if you use these products that you keep your software up-to-date in order to optimize the performance of your METI simulation systems.

Müse has been widely received by METI users since its introduction with METIman in 2009. Since the launch, METI has been focused on releasing ver-sions of Müse for all its simulator platforms and also continually enhancing and improving its features and performance.

Platform availabilityMüse is now available for most METI simulator plat-forms including METIman®, iStan®, ECS®, PediaSIM® ECS and BabySIM. It is expected to be available for the HPS® platform in early 2011. To find out about how to order Müse for your simulator or to sign up for a demo, contact your METI sales representative or distributor.

Müse 1.1 (Build 134) UpdateThis is the most recent Müse software update and is available for download on the METI website. It is highly recommended for all Müse users and pro-vides improved system performance and support

for Adobe Flash 10.1, which had not been previ-ously supported.

As with all METI software updates, you need to install Müse software updates sequentially, so you will need to be running Müse 1.1 (Build 120) in order to install this new update. Prior updates can also be found on the METI website to help you get up-to-date.

Müse SCE development License SoftwareIf you are using Müse you can now also purchase stand-alone Müse Simulated Clinical Experiences (SCE™) Development Licenses. This software pro-vides users with the ability to develop and manage simulation content for Müse on Mac or Windows computers that are not directly associated with a METI simulator, so you can create, edit and share patients, scenarios and SCEs from any computer at anytime. Again, to find out about how to order the Müse SCE Development Licenses, you can contact your METI sales representative or distributor.

METIVision 1.0.17 UpdateIf you are using the METIVision audio/video man-agement software, make sure to check out this latest software update. This update is highly recommended for METIVision users and provides improved communication with simulators running Müse, Safari 5 compatibility, additional Learning-Space support among other system performance enhancements.

You will need to be running METIVision 1.0.16 in order to install this update.

When you are downloading or installing any METI software product or update it is important to always read the installation instructions that come along with the software in order to ensure the proper functionality of your equipment and to avoid any problems that may occur from incorrect installation.

To download software from the METI website log onto: http://www.meti.com/mymetiIf you have any questions or issues while installing or running this software please feel free to contact METI Customer Support at [email protected] or (866) 462-7920. Additional international support information can be found at meti.com.

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Just What the doctor ordered

University of Calgary The integration of eDose at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada in their accelerated Bachelor of Nurs-ing program has been a huge triumph. The chart shows the dramatic effect eDose had on the success of nursing students and the improvement in their math scores in just one semester. Anecdotally, the second semester of use (Spring 2010) had the same results.

Cleveland Clinic

University of ToledoAt the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, the following student results were achieved:

At the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, eDose is used in the ori-entation of newly hired graduate nurses that are required to take and pass the Authentic Assessment portion of eDose. Thirty-six percent of the questions that were answered incorrectly involved the two medications, heparin and insulin. The assessment results revealed that these newly hired graduate nurses did not select the appropriate syringe when preparing either of these two med-ications. And, remarkably, eDose also helped them identify other hidden results they didn’t expect to find: wrong measurements due to inability to calibrate the correct dose by not accurately withdrawing the plunger to the correct marking on the syringe.

Educators at the Cleveland Clinic stated that traditional pencil and paper assessments cannot identify either of these incom-

petencies. They also stated they did not identify these issues earlier because whenever they did the insulin injection check-offs, they only supplied the graduates with insulin syringes and not a choice of syringes.

“METI eDose is certainly worth the dollars invested - METI eDose has identified some key areas of development for our new nurses regarding the delivery and dosing of medication that we would not have ever identified using the traditional ‘pencil and paper math test.’ Focusing our development in these key areas is sure to have a positive impact reducing potential medication errors.” Christine Szweda, Director of Nursing Education Orientation, Competency & Assessment, Cleveland Clinic.

Additionally, after the first semester, survey results found that students did not feel stressed over the math portion of the course and that they liked and even enjoyed working in the program.

Note: Results were verified as valid by the administration of the traditional pencil and paper test previously given (Deborah Mattin, PhD(c) Ed., MBA, MSN, RN University of Toledo).

First semestermath test 1 (Tablets/Liquids) 100% of the students scored greater than 90%

math test 2 (Injections) 100% of the students scored greater than 90%

second semestermath test 1 (Tablets/Liquids) 100% of the students scored greater than 90%

math test 2 (Injections) 97% of the students scored greater than 90%

math test 3 (IV) 98% of the students scored greater than 90%

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