Research
Vision
Improving Human Performance & Effectiveness in Healthcare
iEXCEL supports and enhances collaborative research activities in many arenas, limited only by the imagination of the investigators. The Davis Global Center is an ideal research venue in which partnerships are created for training and for the development and testing of new processes, products, educational content and/or devices.
Emphasis
iEXCEL collaborative research focuses on assessing the impact of experiential learning technologies and environments on human performance & effectiveness in healthcare. These activities include the adoption of high-fidelity clinical, human and surgical simulation and advanced visualization – including 2D/3D Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) and holographic – during training of healthcare professionals, using an interprofessional performance-based approach.
Scholarly Highlights
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8th Annual Virtual Reality and Healthcare Global Symposium
Pamela J. Boyers, PhD, Michael Hollins and Dheeraj Varandani presented "Bringing Learning to Life: A Paradigm Shift for Health Professions Education" at the International Virtual Reality and Healthcare Association (IVRHA) Conference on March 2, 2024. They described the commitment of an academic medical center to create a paradigm shift in how knowledge can be transferred, and skills learned and refreshed using virtual reality.
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Call for an Interprofessional, Experiential Model for Health Professions Education
In January 2024, Dr. Pamela Boyers, Dr. Jeffrey Gold, Dr. Dele Davies, Ben Stobbe, RN, and University of Miami professor, Dr. Asit Misra, published "Call for an Interprofessional, Experiential Model for Health Professions Education" in the Journal for International Healthcare Simulation. They introduced an innovative, interprofessional, performance-based assessment model as a paradigm shift to increase provider confidence and improve safety outcomes for patients.
Call for an Interprofessional, Experiential Model for Health Professions Education
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ACS Surgical Simulation Summit
Members of the iEXCEL team attended the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Surgical Simulation Summit. Ben Stobbe, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical Simulation, participated as a panelist for the Innovations in Simulation-Based Education "Shark Tank".
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Model-Based Systems of Systems Healthcare
Pamela J. Boyers, PhD (Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Simulation at iEXCEL) co-authored a chapter from the 2022 Edited Volume Recent Trends and Advances in Model Based Systems Engineering entitled Model-Based Systems-of-Systems Healthcare: Coordinating the Coordinators.
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Virtual Reality, 3D and 2D Learning: A Study in Visual, Interactive Technology in Medicine
iEXCEL’s Paul Dye presented at the Innovate Learning Summit 2022 and published as Proceeding Paper in the Journal EdMedia + Innovate Learning.
Virtual Reality, 3D and 2D Learning: A Study in Visual, Interactive Technology in Medicine
Contact Us
For research inquiries or to learn more about the project proposal process, contact Priscila Rodrigues Armijo, MD, Educational Research Specialist, iEXCEL.
