Simulation Center

One of the key components in this exciting new age is simulation.The Rice Energy Family Simulation Center provides education in a way for learners to recognize, make clinical decisions, and use real equipment to treat medical conditions that they may not experience during their clinical practice.

Mission: Provide evidence-based simulation learning experiences designed to enhance great patient care.

Vision: Operate a regionally recognized, interprofessional simulation center that enriches system-wide and learner specific needs for education and training.

Goals:

• Identification and promotion of patient safety
• Development of critical thinking skills through various healthcare settings and scopes of practice
• Development of professional behavior based on ethical, legal, and regulatory standards within each disciplinary scope of practice
• Mastery of clinical competence to promote quality patient care
• Development of cohesive team roles and responsibilities
• Development of self-confidence while increasing skill performance
• Utilization of therapeutic communication skills that include “speak-up”
• Collection of data to be utilized in research and process improvement changes

The Rice Energy Family Simulation Center features:

• Six simulation rooms equipped with state of the art equipment that transforms learning into a realistic experience
• Two rooms can be converted into one larger suite for multi-purpose training
• A task trainer lab for skill development
• Three debriefing rooms

The center has 14 full body simulators, including a pregnancy patient who delivers a fully-operational newborn simulator, a premature baby, a 1 year old child, a 5 year old, and a trauma patient. Additional equipment includes CPR simulators and task trainers to train on various skills such as airway management, inserting IV’s, and wound management.