Center for Simulation, Education and Research

Accredited by the American College of Surgeons as a Level I Comprehensive Education, this 15,000-square- foot facility provides team members with hands-on training to ensure the safe and effective delivery of health care. The “Sim Center” is an innovative educational space that offers a risk-free learning environment utilizing state-of-the-art computers, task trainers and “patient simulator” mannequins that simulate medical conditions, allowing over 10,000 learner interactions annually to practice and augment their skills.

The Center offers procedural simulation technologies using computerized mannequins and other mechanical devices. It also is a venue for advancing education and assessing the competencies of residents, physicians and other health care workers in the areas of inter-professional team communications, patient safety and doctor-patient communication skills. Reconfigurable suites replicate the emergency department, operating room, intensive care unit, labor and delivery suite, and other hospital environments. Mannequins allow staff to realistically challenge their skills, perfect new care protocols and practice code situations.

By training on these medical simulation machines and in these simulated patient and operating rooms, physicians and other health care professionals will have even greater expertise and experience for real-life situations.