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FAU Unveils New Medical

Simulation Center

at Ribbon-cutting Ceremony

Medical students in
FAU’s Charles E.
Schmidt College of
Medicine practice
their skills on a man-
nequin in the new
Clinical Skills
Simulation Center. (l-r) Dr. Phillip Boiselle, dean of FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine; Randy
Scheid, vice president of programs, Quantum Foundation; Dr. Ira J. Gelb, senior academic
advisor for pre-baccalaureate programs, FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine;
and Jeff Atwater, FAU’s vice president for strategic initiatives and CFO.

Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine recently host- Jeff Atwater, FAU’s vice president for strategic initiatives and CFO, also participated
ed a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the official launch of its newly in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. FAU’s first simulation center was launched in 2006
expanded, 15,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Clinical Skills Simulation Center in through a grant from the Quantum Foundation and support from the State of Florida
the Research Park at FAU in Boca Raton. Legislature. Atwater was instrumental in the launch of the first center and attended
Community leaders, donors and FAU officials gathered for a special unveiling of the first ribbon-cutting ceremony while he was a state senator.
the center, which provides sophisticated simulation and trainer technologies to edu- A recent $300,000 grant from the Quantum Foundation has enabled the expansion
cate medical students, medical residents, nurses and first responders. The advanced of this newest center, as well as the dedication of the “Quantum Foundation Technical
technology utilized throughout the center improves their clinical skills, enhances Training Room.” FAU’s Clinical Skills Simulation Center and its second center, the
critical thinking, and enables them to become more self-assured in their skills while Mollie Wilmot Pavilion in West Palm Beach, also has been funded by the Palm
under the supervision of trained instructors. Healthcare Foundation.

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