With some of the firm's personnel serving as consultants for standardized patient programs, Avkin Inc is structured around manufacture of wearable devices for use in healthcare simulations. Founded by a nurse educator, the firm provides simulation solutions - combining the best of high-fidelity mannequins and the realism of standardized patients for the most authentic simulation experience possible. A core premise of management is that the key to success in patient-centered care is (1) practitioner training provided through realistic simulations and (2) that human interaction is irreplaceable in healthcare education. Avkin's sensor-enabled, wearable technology uses haptic feedback to enable a new class of simulation training that teaches both the art (soft skills) and science (hard skills) required from practitioners like doctors, nurses, and first responders.
