i-Human Patients® by Kaplan to Host Free, Live Streaming Virtual Simulation Event for Physicians in Training: Determining if...
March 27 2020 - 12:21PM
Business Wire
Log on at 1 PM ET, Tuesday, March 31 at
https://www.kaptest.com/live/events
You have 100 patients in your waiting room, all with complaints.
The incidents of influenza A outstrips those of COVID-19, but
infection rates are on the rise. Your clinic was only provided 25
kits for COVID-19, so who gets tested? These are the hard questions
doctors are making every day on the frontlines.
With third and fourth year medical students sidelined from
clinical rotations due to the COVID-19 outbreak, i-Human Patients
by Kaplan, a leader in cloud-based, interactive patient encounter
simulations for medical and nursing professionals, will host an
interactive, live online event at 1 PM ET on Tuesday, March 31, to
demonstrate how a doctor might diagnose a patient showing signs of
COVID-19.
The event is geared towards doctors in training, from pre-meds
to fourth year medical students, as well as healthcare
professionals who make diagnoses, such as physician assistants and
nurse practitioner students. During the event, Dr. Judy Kalinyak,
MD, PhD, vice president and director of clinical simulations,
i-Human Patients by Kaplan, will introduce attendees to a virtual
patient who is showing symptoms of COVID-19, and play out a full
exam—from patient history all the way through to diagnosis. Dr.
Kalinyak will interact with the event attendees, who are encouraged
to suggest what to ask the patient to help identify if he actually
has the virus, which is now affecting millions of people across the
globe and has dramatically unsettled the world’s economy.
“Now with virtual patient simulation, we can train new students
and hone the skills of practicing clinicians on how to diagnose new
diseases rapidly and effectively without the risk of exposure,”
said Dr. Kalinyak.
While doctors and nurses are in the trenches helping patients
infected with COVID-19, medical school students are heeding the
call to action too. Some of these physicians in training, for
example, have created infographics and shareable videos to educate
the public about the pandemic, while others have held mask drives
for local hospitals. Recognizing the emergency, at least one
medical school wants its students practicing even before the
semester is over. NYU's Grossman School of Medicine this week
announced that it plans to allow senior students to graduate early
in response to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "directive to get more
physicians into the health system more quickly," the school said in
a statement. And there could be a lot more where that came from.
Last week, the Association of American Medical Colleges recommended
that medical students end contact with patients for at least two
weeks, freeing up potentially 90,000 aspiring doctors for the time
being.
For more information about the event or to speak with Dr.
Kalinyak, contact Russell Schaffer at russell.schaffer@kaplan.com
or 917.822.8190.
To pre-register, visit https://shop.kaptest.com/i/covidcase.
About i-Human Patients by Kaplan
i-Human Patients (www.i-human.com), part of Kaplan, Inc. is
dedicated to enabling active e-learning in healthcare to promote
the delivery of high quality, cost-effective care, and to ensure an
adequate supply of healthcare providers fully trained in patient
assessment and diagnostic reasoning.
Note to editors: Kaplan is a subsidiary of Graham Holdings
Company (NYSE: GHC)
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