Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and Laerdal Medical have announced a product and distribution alliance. The 'Learning for Saving Lives' alliance will initially target undergraduate programmes of nursing, medicine and the health professions, and will seamlessly integrate curriculum offerings from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, with simulated patient case solutions from Laerdal.
Simulation labs are now an integral part of the healthcare learning curriculum and supplement the clinical hours that students spend training in hospitals. However, integrating Sim Lab training into the curriculum has been a challenge for faculty, and valuable and expensive simulation equipment is often underutilised. It is expected that the 'Learning for Saving Lives' alliance will change that.
The first alliance offering, which will be introduced to the market this spring, will integrate DocuCare, a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) learning tool from LWW with Laerdal's suite of manikin simulation offerings. As learners work with Laerdal patient scenarios, they will be able to record their patient directly into the DocuCare EHR.
The ability to compare actions through the manikin tracking log with the EHR documentation log will provide a powerful debriefing tool. The integrated product will be linked to resources from LWW's textbook, reference and eLearning content, to improve clinical knowledge and judgment and create engaging experiences for today's learners.
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