Real-life training,
real-world skills
At the Rush Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation, hospital treatment rooms are replicated in fine detail to give students and professionals the opportunity to perfect skills in a safe and authentic environment.
We utilize multiple simulation modalities to offer a comprehensive set of tools so practitioners can train multiple skill sets simultaneously. For example, we can combine high-fidelity simulation with our standardized patient program to replicate real-time scenarios that necessitate live patient communication skills with high-stakes procedural skills.
A Standardized Patient Program run by professionals with more than 20 years of experience. Our actors are specially trained to provide practitioners the opportunity to work through complicated real-world scenarios.
High-fidelity mannequins across the age spectrum that have heartbeats, breathe, and respond to treatment; all physiologic parameters can be adjusted to accurately portray the scenario in fine clinical detail.
Clinical task trainers for practicing a variety of skills including surgical procedures, airway management, IV placement, CPR, catheter and arterial line placements, ultrasound technique, and more.
Partnership with the Rush Human Anatomy Lab, including a Skull Base Lab, with cadavers and distinct parts of the body for more specified work that meets the objectives of teams and individuals.
Virtual reality for learners to conduct procedures and receive haptic feedback in real time, with a variety of different environments and procedures available.
Real-world tools such as ultrasound equipment, medication dispensing stations, and the same clinical communications system found in Rush’s hospital building.
A parts lab where we create items in-house for replacement of task trainer consumables as well as models for practice, including suture pads, abscesses, and abdominal cavities.
A web-supported audiovisual system to carefully record and review the work run by technicians with specialized training.
WATCH OUR SIMULATIONS
IN ACTION
In this SRNA (State Registered Nurse Aide) simulation, a group of students conducted an anesthetic induction for a patient with aortic stenosis, planned out an anesthesia care plan for the patient (a high-fidelity mannequin), and practiced placing the patient onto cardiac bypass.
1750 W. Harrison Street
Suite 183 Kellogg Building
Chicago, IL 60612