INNOVATION

A NEW STANDARD IN
MEDICAL TRAINING
by Dr. John Vozenilek Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center, and Nikki Delinski OSF HealthCare
IT’S THE MISSION OF JUMP TRADING SIMULATION AND EDUCA-
TION CENTER to improve outcomes and lower costs through innovative
simulation training of medical professionals. Hundreds of novice
clinicians from OSF HealthCare and medical students from the University
of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria utilize our center to
practice scenarios in a realistic environment.
The idea is for our future medical professionals to be trained in
everything from communication skills to surgery before they interact
with patients. It also allows those who’ve been practicing medicine for
some time to further sharpen their skills. The goal is to reduce errors at
the bedside and ensure patient safety.
But that doesn’t even scratch the surface of the remarkable work
we do at Jump. We are thinking “outside the box” to develop innovative
tools and ways to improve care. The fact is, mistakes still occur in
hospitals around the world—even during routine work that nurses and
doctors face every day.
We have found it’s necessary to look outside the scope of healthcare
to solve these problems. This includes pairing clinicians with
engineers to tackle issues together. We also partner with incubators,
accelerators and technology companies to discover and advance innovative
ideas that can transform our workflow.
PROBLEMS WITH CURRENT NURSE TRAINING
An ongoing partnership between OSF HealthCare, Jump, SIMnext and
CSE Software aims to standardize nurse training and decrease some of
the most common errors made in medical institutions. The collaboration
will launch the Health Scholars app this spring. This first-of-itskind
tool will revolutionize how new nurses are integrated into health-
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