USC assistant professor creates teaching tool for nursing students

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — A little innovation, a 3D printer and a desire to help nursing students be fully prepared for their future careers, led an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing to create a special teaching tool.

Professor Stephanie Schaller specializes in pediatric nursing education and says the heart is a difficult concept to teach. That’s why she created the CardioEducator, a heart-shaped puzzle. Students use the tool to learn how congenital heart defects can impact newborns.

Click on the link to learn more about the CardioEducator and how students say it makes a difference.