Angela Alban, CEO, SIMETRI, describes how she built a medical simulation and training company from scratch. Based in Winter Park, Fla., SIMETRI manufactures state-of-the-art lifecycle designs of ...

While mannequins are used to model clothing, these manikins are models of the human body used to train medical professionals.

With so many students enrolled at Arkansas State University-Mountain Home’s School of Health Sciences, those pursuing a nursing degree can find it challenging when performing their clinical rotation ...

Behind the doors of an unremarkable building in an older part of town, there is a woman who has given birth more than 1,000 times, a man who regularly fakes post-traumatic stress disorder and a ...

Ben Wilson has a rare profession indeed. As one of 314 certified healthcare simulation operations specialists in the world, Wilson programs, operates and maintains lifelike manikins used in medical ...

SAN ANTONIO – A simulated birth by a high-tech female manikin may sound far-fetched, but it helps students at the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing know what to expect in real life. James ...

She’s in labor, and nurse Shanti Fernandez is helping to deliver her baby. While another nurse assures her that everything will be fine, Fernandez pulls out a healthy baby boy — made of silicone.