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>> Welcome to the Penn State Hershey Clinical Simulation Center. We have used simulation
based strategies for teaching, research, and system and safety improvement for almost two
decades. Thanks for the dedication of Dr. Harold Paz, our dean and CEO, we now have
a state of the art facility. I'd like to take you on a tour.
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>> When you arrive check your information screens to find out when and where your sessions
are scheduled. If you have any questions, just give me a call. I always know what's
happening.
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>> The standardized patient program was started in the 1980s by Dr. Richard Simons. The program
was established so our medical students could practice and be assessed on their communication
and physical exam skills. Now, actors also work with simulators as confederates who create
a realistic experience by portraying family members, other patients, or health care providers.
This offers a rich opportunity for healthcare students to practice communication and treatment
skills for spectrum of encounters.
>> Here in the control center, we are able to observe every room as well as record the
activities for feedback and review.
>> I'm proud how we're able to improve teamwork here at Penn State Hershey. My name is John
Moyer, I'm the Administrative Director of the center. We work with the chief quality
officer of the hospital, Dr. Greg Caputo in developing innovative approaches to team work.
>> You're lucky Noel isn't on the road today. Hi. I'm Julie Becker and I'm the clinical
nurse educator for women's health. Noel frequently helps us with running emergency drills on
site in the obstetrical unit. She helps our physicians and our nurses to practice emergency
drills so that we're prepared when the real emergency happens. This is our skills room
where staff comes to practice doing all sorts of procedures such as nasogastric tube insertion,
tracheostomy care, IV insertion, and many other procedures. Staff also gets a chance
to practice using equipment that they will see throughout the hospital such as these
pumps.
>> The Sim Center is also used for patient education, taking the same philosophy we use
for teaching healthcare professionals we allow patients and their families to practice and
familiarize themselves on aspects of self care using our mannequins.
>> When we want to teach highly complicated concepts such as compliance and resistance
for instance asthma, we start with simple lung models where we can demonstrate movement
and pressures. We can also then move dual lung models where we can show differential
lung movement such as a collapsed lung or a peanut in the bronchus. We can then teach
these concepts in a full human simulator. Research in our facility has shown that this
graduated method of teaching is a highly efficient way of learning.
>> The simulation coordinators know these mannequins inside and out. We can help you
arrange a sessions so that it runs smoothly no matter what the students do. A lot of times,
the simulators are run behind the scene sot the students have an opportunity to focus
on patient treatment.
>> I'm Dan Galvan, a trauma surgeon intensivist and one of the simulation instructors. The
simulation based are immensely flexible giving us plenty of space to spread out and conduct
large training sessions for bigger groups or to even develop a mass causality simulation
with our colleagues in emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and pediatrics.
>> Welcome to virtual bronchoscopy. I am a simulation educator and I can train you how
to do bronchoscopy. This virtual bronchoscope simulates typical cases that a trainee may
encounter. As part of the simulation, the trainee experiences different challenges they
will need to resolve. These challenges are common in real patients. The simulator gives
the trainee a safe way to practice their skills before doing it on real patients.
>> Near graduate nurses need their assessment skills to be validated before they begin to
work here. I'm Kelly Rotondo, a clinical nurse educator and I use the lung simulator to test
and reinforce their diagnostic skills for patient lung sounds.
>> Hello, I'm Mark D. Buzzelli one of the chief residents in general surgery. Many procedures
can be practiced here in the Simulation Center using a haptic device to master skills needed
for laparoscopic surgery so that our surgery residents can get plenty of practice before
they go the operating room.
>> I'm Dr. Lawrence Kass, Vice Chair for Education and Director of Residency Training in Emergency
Medicine. Research has shown that using ultrasound decreases the risk of complications when putting
in a central line. Here, we practice using ultrasound for the placement of central lines.
>> This is Harvey. Each medical student does hundred of cardiac cases throughout medical
school. Thanks to Dr. Zelis who set up each case. Using his self-teaching case scenarios,
thousands of medical students have become proficient in diagnosis and management of
an array of cardiac conditions.
>> Thanks for joining our virtual tour. We have a lot going on and we'd love to see you
for a real hands-on experience. Come visit us soon.
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