Meet our new patient simulator: Willy Makit

Published September 1, 2018 This content is archived.

After receiving nearly 200 creative name suggestions for our new patient simulator, we narrowed it to the top 10 and put it to a vote. Hundreds voted, but only one was selected.

Zoom image: name tag with manikin face and name Willy Makit. name tag with manikin face and name Willy Makit.

The winner? Willy Makit!

Congratulations to the patient simulator naming contest winners:

  • Megan Burns
  • Kathleen Thomas
  • Emilie Schneider
  • Sabrina Schwartz
  • Elizabeth Rosa
Learn more about Willy Makit and simulation in nursing education
Zoom image: chart of voting results: Willy Makit – 32.5%; Achilles – 22.4%; A.B.R.A.H.A.M. (Advanced Biological Replicate and Human Analogous Model) – 11.1%; Cody Blue – 6.9%; Luke O’Cyte – 6.9%; Drew Blood – 6.0%;Ben Achin – 5.7%; Noah X. Pression – 3.8%; Jack Marrow – 2.4%; Arthur Itis – 2.3%. chart of voting results: Willy Makit – 32.5%; Achilles – 22.4%; A.B.R.A.H.A.M. (Advanced Biological Replicate and Human Analogous Model) – 11.1%; Cody Blue – 6.9%; Luke O’Cyte – 6.9%; Drew Blood – 6.0%;Ben Achin – 5.7%; Noah X. Pression – 3.8%; Jack Marrow – 2.4%; Arthur Itis – 2.3%.