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L’Actualité | 22 mars 2023 MONTRÉAL — L’Hôpital Shriners pour enfants – Canada, à Montréal, a l’intention d’élargir son recours à la réalité virtuelle pour soulager l’anxiété et la douleur de ses patients, au terme de quatre années de recherches. Plus de huit patients sur dix qui ont utilisé la réalité virtuelle ont témoigné d’une expérience médicale positive, a-t-on révélé mercredi. Les enfants ont aussi, dans l’ensemble, rapporté un niveau minimal, voire nul, de douleur et d’anxiété lors de procédures qui peuvent être passablement déplaisantes. Le personnel soignant s’est lui aussi déclaré

Medical student, Sarah Moussa, supervised by Dr. Tsimicalis & Dr. Hamdy wrote an article featured in McGill’s Health e-News in appreciation for the supervision she received for her research course. 

Virtual reality (VR) is an immersive technology that brings children into a 3D imaginary world that looks and feels real. Children put on a VR headset, known as a head-mounted display, and use controllers to interact with the imaginary world. This technology has been used as a distraction tool to help children cope with pain and anxiety during medical procedures. Two Shriners Children’s hospitals have taken the initiative to use VR to improve the hospital experience of their patients. Reggie Hamdy, M.D., and Argerie Tsimicalis, RN, Ph.D., at Shriners Children’s Canada, have

At the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Spring Convocation, Associate Professor Argerie Tsimicalis, RN, PhD, was presented with the Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision. Students were not the only ones who beamed as they received their diplomas at the Class of 2022 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Convocation. Associate Professor Argerie Tsimicalis, RN, PhD, was all smiles as she was honoured with the prestigious Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision. Professor Tsimicalis, who teaches at the Ingram School of Nursing as well as

By Anne Leclair Global News | 7 March 2018 A remarkable young man from Saskatchewan is on a mission in Montreal to make a difference in the lives of other patients. Carter Brown has created a splint kit in conjunction with the Shriners Hospital for Children to help make fractures more bearable for children suffering from brittle bone disease. It’s the latest project for a boy who has already made a world of difference in many people’s lives. Brown has broken about 20 bones in his body since birth. The pain is often excruciating