Clinical Simulation Training Center Takes Healthcare Education To The Next Level

Have you heard about the F. Marie Hall SimLife Center at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) in Lubbock, Texas?

This robust Medical Simulation Training Space opened in 2010. It allows students in the nursing, medicine, and allied health professions to acquire and practice a full range of skills on mannequins, from drawing blood and inserting urinary catheters to delivering babies.

Sharon Decker, Director of the F. Marie Hall SimLife Center, observes, "Learning in a Medical Simulation Training Space environment allows students to make mistakes without the need for intervention by faculty to prevent patient harm. Research has demonstrated that simulation provides an effective method of teaching while promoting learner satisfaction and self-competence." Learners at TTUHSC can walk away from this simulated experience confident in their abilities and skills when dealing with live patients and unanticipated medical events.

Texas Tech University doesn't plan on using the clinical Medical Simulation Training Space facility for students alone. According to Ted Mitchell, president, TTUHSC will use this technology for continued education for community nurses and physicians, as well as internal faculty members. "Part of our educational mission is to make sure we have as much interdisciplinary teamwork as we can," remarks Mitchell, "and this is a great tool for doing that."

One of the major influences that drove the TTUHSC Medical Simulation Training Space center to choose Education Management Solutions (EMS) as their clinical simulation management vendor was the ability to pull scenarios together and create a video clip of learners performing skills. This, they say, was not offered by other vendors. Medical Simulation Training Space video clips are important for portfolio development: when recent graduates are searching for employment, it's a boon to have visual proof of their demonstrated clinical capabilities.

Clinical Simulation Training is the future of healthcare education. There's no question that the field will expand in the coming years, and TTUHSC expects toremain at the technological forefront. With many simulation training options on the horizon, TTUHSC has a plan to improve the SimLife Center by expanding the services currently offered to its customers; developing a program of educational and certification courses; and expanding the current program of research related to clinical simulation training to explore transfer and sustainability of skills attainment. In this ever progressing era of technology, faculty members have high hopes for these goals—and deem them immediately within reach.

No matter how much the F. Marie Hall SimLife Center at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center grows, EMS will be there to help. As an industry pioneer in simulation training, EMS provides solutions for healthcare environments – ranging from clinical simulation management software and hardware to video capture systems, counselor education, case authoring, and virtual computer-based training.

Working alongside subject matter experts, EMS serves as the driving force behind numerous consumer-centered innovations that continue to move the simulation training market forward with break through technologies. EMS offers complete turnkey simulation training solutions that include integrated software and hardware, design and planning, engineering, configuration, installation, training, file backup, cloud-based eLearning, and support.

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