Tag Archives: GTA/MUTA

Need for a GTA MUTA Organization Specific to Professionals in the Field

Clinical Skills exam room

IGMA, the International GTA MUTA Association is a new organization in the field of simulation. The Association of Standardized Patient Educators, ASPE, is an organization dedicated to live patient simulation. The Society of Simulation in Healthcare, SSH, is an organization that supports the advancement of simulation in health care with a focus on the technology […]

CPR and Accepted Abstracts for ASPE

Clinical Practice Resources just got word that all 3 submitted abstracts for the 2018 Association for Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) conference were accepted.  In the past, Isle Polonko, director at CPR, has been the leader in GTA content at the conference presenting as many as 11 presentations. This year, Richard Claflin, Managing Director at CPR, […]

The How To’s of Reducing Student Anxiety and Creating Safe Space For Students

by Clinical Practice Resources Managing Director, Richard Claflin One of the things we all recognize as GTA/MUTA instructors is that we teach an uncomfortable subject that produces a lot of anxiety for learners who are new to performing gynecological, genital or prostate exams.  There’s no way around it: these examinations are filled with a lot […]

Wonderful Article From Colleagues in Ankara, Turkey

Post by Isle Polonko:  Over the many years I have been actively involved in GTA/MUTA education, I have had the privilege of working with some exceptional people.  The work that was completed with Melih Elcin, Professor at Hacettepe University in Ankara Turkey and his faculty was one of the most extraordinary of my entire career.  His […]