The mission of MCOM SIMS Center is to provide quality healthcare training opportunities through innovative interactive simulation activities to help improve patient safety and clinical outcomes. Simulation events and workshops occur regularly and utilize high-fidelity electronic manikins, human-worn task trainers, virtual reality simulated patients, live actor standardized patients, medical and surgical simulation labs.
The goals of the MCOM SIMS Center are to:
- Facilitate educational opportunities through innovative educational tools.
- Utilize simulation training equipment and modalities to improve students’ patient care skills and clinical decision-making abilities.
- Provide simulated patient scenarios to include collaborative, team-based healthcare delivery to enhance students' patient care skills and critical thinking skills.
- Study the effectiveness of simulation training in medical education.
- Facilitate Interprofessional Education through simulated events with various healthcare professionals.