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Innovation and Education Through Simulation at Ochsner

Mike Smith and Carl J. Tholen
Ochsner Journal September 2017, 17 (3) 261-264;

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    Figure 1.

    Developed in a former warehouse space, the simulation center began as just an empty shell. The center began to take shape with the installation of wall supports.

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    Figure 2.

    During the construction of operating room 2, Carl Tholen, Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Medical Education, and Dr Sebastian Koga, Department of Neurology, discuss the future uses of the space. Cameras, microphones, desks, computers, and ancillary items are stacked and waiting to be installed.

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    Figure 3.

    Students can examine and treat patients in an environment that mirrors the clinical setting of the hospital. The highly sophisticated SimMan 3G can be used to simulate virtually any adult patient clinical scenario.

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    Figure 4.

    In the all-purpose classrooms, students can view real-time video of scenarios being run in any of the 16 simulation environments. After the scenario is finished, the recording can be played back for debriefing purposes.

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    Figure 5.

    Examination rooms are equipped exactly as examination rooms in a doctor's office. Students practice interviewing patients and performing patient assessments in these rooms.

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    Figure 6.

    The heart of the simulation center is the control room where all 16 simulation environments can be viewed and all 32 cameras can be controlled.

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