The University of Wisconsin's Clinical Simulation Program, featuring a new $6 million facility that celebrated its grand opening on Tuesday, lets anesthesia residents, surgeons and nurses practice their skills on high-tech manikins instead of real patients, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.
The 6,500-square-foot center adopts simulation long used by the aviation, military and nuclear industries. Medical schools have joined in on the trend in recent years, but few have dedicated centers like the one at UW Health. Fields such as anesthesia have started to require simulated training, so many academic medical centers are planning such centers.
The manikins enable students and physicians to learn how to put breathing tubs in patients, insert catheters and diagnose problems such as obstructed airways. Some of the models also breathe in anesthesia gases and respond to drugs.
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The 6,500-square-foot center adopts simulation long used by the aviation, military and nuclear industries. Medical schools have joined in on the trend in recent years, but few have dedicated centers like the one at UW Health. Fields such as anesthesia have started to require simulated training, so many academic medical centers are planning such centers.
The manikins enable students and physicians to learn how to put breathing tubs in patients, insert catheters and diagnose problems such as obstructed airways. Some of the models also breathe in anesthesia gases and respond to drugs.
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