Innovative Solutions on a Budget: Repurposing Spare Parts for Cost Effective Simulation Training

20 August 2025 | 14:00 UTC l 10:00 am ET | 7:00 am PT

IPSS Member: $25 | LMIC Member: Free | Non-Member: $50 

  In this webinar, learn how our pediatric simulation center partnered with non-traditional specialties Endocrinology, Urology, Rheumatology, and Child Abuse Pediatrics to address gaps in clinical training. We’ll share how we developed low-cost, high-impact models using everyday materials to teach complex topics like precocious puberty, testicular torsion, pediatric rheumatologic conditions, and forensic exams in suspected abuse cases. Discover practical strategies for bringing simulation into specialties where it's rarely used.

Meet the Speaker:               

Nick Rockwell, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Pediatric Critical Care

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Nicholas is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care at Children’s of Alabama / University of Alabama at Birmingham. His interests include medical student education, and he is a Co-Director for Preparation for Residency for 4th year medical students. He is avidly engaged in medical education in the Children’s of Alabama Pediatric Simulation Center where he is an Associate Director, focusing on developing innovative solutions for unique simulation problems as well as being the Director of Keep Educating Yourself (KEY) for the PICU nursing and respiratory therapist staff.