Fred Rollison and Greenville Technical College
Students are often surprised by the lifelike appearance and reactions of high-tech teaching tools such as human patient simulators.
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Left to right at the Greenville Technical College STAT Center are Read Blumberg, CAE Healthcare regional sales manager; Dr. Robert Amyot, president of CAE Healthcare; Dr. Keith Miller, president of Greenville Technical College; Andy Roswold, medical simulation specialist at Greenville Technical College; and Michael Fisher, director of the STAT Center.
Many of these students have never encountered the simulators before they enter the center, and they are often surprised by the lifelike appearance and reactions of these high-tech teaching tools.
The STAT Center has hosted over 900 classes and more than 17,000 student visits. The facility includes eight lifelike environments including an outdoor scene, indoor scene, emergency room, labor and delivery area, neonatal resuscitation, standard patient room, operating room, and specialty room.
Amyot and his team watched as the STAT team ran scenarios with students and performed debriefing to help the students understand what they had done right and how they could improve.
The new Fidelis Lucina birthing simulator was demonstrated. This model can give birth and also be used for other non-birthing simulations, making it more versatile than previous models.
“Simulation efforts at Greenville Technical College have grown and evolved since the STAT Center opened five years ago, resulting in a better learning experience for students in all healthcare programs,” said Michael Fisher, the center director. “As research and development teams work to increase the range of virtual reality products and companies such as CAE listen to the needs and concerns of real users, these valuable tools can only improve the quality of education we offer.”