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Simulation Centers

As architects continue to ished the teaching require- in improving and expanding these facili- also helps build team camaraderie and a
design the buildings which ments of all students in the ties is growing. The rapidly changing collaborative work ethic.
we use on a daily basis, we medical field; be they doc- technology and programs allow The desire to place simulation man-
continue to explore what is tors, nurses, assistants, or improved training and create the com- nequins in accurately designed medical
important to the success of caregivers. plete environment of care which con- spaces is to allow the student to suspend
operations for our clients Simulation hospitals and cludes the simulation and immersion disbelief during a simulation and get the
and the opportunities that simulation schools are edu- process. feel of the size and tightness of a real life
exist through the evolving cation centers for simula- Simulation started with portable man- medical space in which multiple clini-
integration of technology tion immersion. In the nequins which could be delivered to any cians or teams arrive to help in an emer-
into design. medical field, simulation classroom and thereby enhance the gency such as a cardiac arrest.
The COVID-19 crisis teaching facilities can repli- teaching experience. Now, the simula- Simulation centers are also excellent
over the past year has cre- cate any medical facility tion process can be so sophisticated as to tools for administrators to learn about
ated an immediate mandate BY CHARLES and mannequins can simu- simulate a patient medical crisis, a power processes, activities, and hospital sys-
for change in operations MICHELSON late many of the symptoms failure, or a gas cutoff, in the middle of a tems.
and change in technology healthcare providers need simulated procedure to watch the stu- The direction of teaching will include
in our day to day life. to identify and treat patients. New med- dent act under pressure. The medical more and more integrated education in
Technology to inhibit airborne ical simulation centers will be able to mannequins are so lifelike that they can the years to come. The demand for sim-
pathogens, technology to test people’s replicate any patient environment across cry, bleed, sweat or even deliver a baby! ulation centers will increase. It is imper-
health, technology to minimize personal the life span continuum. Facilities can They accurately display the symptoms of ative that the designers be knowledge-
interaction and simultaneously augment resemble a real hospital, outpatient clin- the disease programmed by the adminis- able with regard to medical and teaching
the flow of information which already ic, or home environment. The simulation trator presenting the lesson of the day. environments as the two fields merge
existed, instantly became a mandatory activities combine classroom teaching Debriefing rooms become a critical together.
part of our daily routines allowing us to with hands on experience. Working with component of the design of simulation
continue to function and work safely. simulation mannequins provides critical centers as the feedback from a simulated Charles Michelson is President of Saltz
The opportunities of technology and thinking lessons to students and uses the medical encounter provides immediate Michelson Architects. For more information,
simulation have not been lost on the aca- mistakes which occur during simulation feedback to the student. The student visit www.saltzmichelson.com.
demic community. The necessity to dis- as a teaching opportunity. then has an opportunity to go back and
tance human interaction has not dimin- Simulation facilities exist, but interest practice again. The simulation activity

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