University Business - March 2008 - (Page 47) Esther Seligman, professor of respiratory care at Springfield Tech, demonstrates a procedure, which students will then perform on the “patient.” Institute for Nursing and Health Care has various entities’ changing needs, points out Williamson counties. Nanda Schorske, dean of Workforce DevelCoker says there are no universal been examining the issues of not graduopment, College and Community Partner- standards for designing a simulation cen- ating enough nurses and graduating betships, at the College of Marin (Calif.). ter. However, it is best to follow not only ter quality nurses. Administrators at The At Temple, the president and board program accreditation standards but also Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, a of trustees were interested in improving state regulations for patient care areas so private grant-making organization in the facilities for the health professionals pro- the environment is as realistic as possible. San Francisco area, started a nursing inigram. Leaders at Scott & White Hospital “Institutions designing a simulation center tiative after learning of the nursing shortwere also interested in a simulation center, should contract with an architectural firm age in the Bay Area and in keeping with its and after seeing a presentation about the that has experience with design of clinical goal of improving life in the area. AdminTemple project, they recognized a partner- facilities,” he suggests. Laerdal Medical istrators at Dominican University of Caliship as a cost-effective opportunity. Corporation, a manufacturer of human fornia, located in San Rafael, were interThe 9,800-square-foot facility opened patient simulators, provided advice during ested in the simulation centers the Moore Foundation proposed, but they didn’t have in 2004 on Temple’s campus and includes the design phase. the space. College of Marin, about five an operating room with adjoining scrub miles away in Kentfield, did. room, two ICU rooms, and two emer- COMBINATION METHOD The two higher ed institutions, along gency rooms, as well as spaces that can be A number of factors contributed to the modified to represent a number of areas development of the Marin Simulation with Novato Community Hospital and in a hospital and classrooms. The facil- Center on the College of Marin campus. Marin General Hospital, created feasibility ity, which also has two ambulances, costs Roz Hartman, director of Health Sciences studies and the initial business plan, which about $150,000 per year to operate and and Nursing, explains that the California was funded by Kaiser Permanente, says College of Marin’s Schorske. maintain, Coker says. Funding “This is a true partnership,” streams include annual contriadds Hartman. “We don’t get butions from Scott & White as more access just because it’s on well as King’s Daughters HospiAssociation of Standardized Patient Educators, our campus.” tal, another nearby hospital. www.aspeducators.org In addition to the Moore Outside organizations can Laerdal Medical Corporation, www.laerdal.com Foundation grant, partners are purchase time at the rate of SIMS Medical Center at Springfield Technical Community contributing staff, equipment, $250 per four hours for six parCollege, http://health.stcc.edu and other in-kind contributicipants. Users have included Society for Simulation in Healthcare, www.ssih.org/public tions. A kick-off ceremony was physicians from Darnall Army Temple College Simulation Center, held in May 2007, with occuHospital at Fort Hood and www.templejc.edu/dept/HealthScience/Sim_Center.htm pancy expected this spring. EMS personnel from Bell and Resources universitybusiness.com March 2008 | 47 http://www.aspeducators.org http://www.laerdal.com http://health.stcc.edu http://www.ssih.org/public http://www.templejc.edu/dept/HealthScience/Sim_Center.htm http://universitybusiness.com
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