Simulator-based Clinical Skills Training for Improved Clinical Outcomes
Dr. Joseph Ravi Singapogu is presenting on Simulator-Bases Clinical Skills Training for Improved Clinical Outcomes
The skill of a clinician is critical to positive patient outcomes. Several recent studies have demonstrated that clinicians’ skill ratings
were significantly correlated with clinical outcomes after treatment. It is imperative, therefore, that our clinical workforce be effectively
and efficiently trained. In view of this goal, there is an ongoing movement by leading stakeholders in medical education to use advanced
tools to create standardized, objective and structured training. This tangible need, combined with burgeoning medical technologies
like surgical robots and smart operating rooms, has fueled the field of medical simulation. Another factor that propels the need
for simulation-based clinical skills training is the growing problem of medical errors, now the third leading cause of death in the US.
Therefore, simulation-based methods are currently being explored in a plethora of medical disciplines as a means of training a skilled
workforce. In this seminar, I will present an overview of my research in using novel sensors and devices to measure clinical skills like
surgical suturing and hemodialysis cannulation. I will also discuss my current work that seeks to integrate sensor data from multiple
modalities to quantify skill. To conclude, several research questions that are key to enabling effective simulation-based skills
training will be motivated including (1) the need for extracting meaningful metrics from the vast array of sensor data available in
modern simulators, (2) integration of multiple sensor streams (from multiple sensory modalities) for training clinical skills and (3) the
utility of using subtask-specific metrics for skill assessment and training.
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- Date: 20 Feb 2025
- Time: 06:00 PM to 07:30 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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- Clemson University
- 433 Calhoun Drive Tau Court
- Clemson, South Carolina
- United States
- Building: Riggs Hall
- Room Number: 100A
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- Co-sponsored by Clemons University ECE Department
- Starts 13 February 2025 04:00 PM
- Ends 20 February 2025 09:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
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Ravi
Simulator-based Clinical Skills Training for Improved Clinical Outcomes
Biography:
Dr. Joseph Ravi Singapogu
Dr. Joseph Ravi Singapogu is Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at
Clemson University. He is also an adjunct faculty at the University of South Carolina-Greenville
School of Medicine and the Founder of Sojourn MedTech, LLC. Dr. Singapogu’s research
focuses on the improvement of clinical skills training using advanced sensors, devices and data-
driven methodologies. After completing his PhD, Dr. Singapogu participated in the National
Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program, exploring the possibility of
commercializing the haptic surgical simulation he previously developed. From 2013-2018, Dr.
Singapogu was part of the Embedded Scholar program at Clemson and Prisma Health fostering
collaborations between clinicians and researchers in medical skills training with simulation
technologies. Dr. Singapogu’s research has been funded by both federal and private agencies
in the US. He has also served as a reviewer for several leading journals including New England
Journal of Medicine, Scientific Reports and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
Agenda
6:00 PM - Start Meeting - Dinner and Socializing
6:30 PM - Dr. Singapogu Presentation - Simulator-Bases Clinical Skills Training for Improved Clinical Outcomes
7:30 PM - Meeting End, Additional Networking Opportunities