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Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts will host an official open house and ribbon-cutting for a newly built Simulation Learning Center on Tuesday, May 25 at 11 AM at the school’s Fresno Campus, located at 4747 North First Street, Fresno, CA.

Constructed amid the pandemic and completed on May 1, the 5,000-square-foot skills center features leading interactive healthcare equipment, patient simulators, high-fidelity mannequins, a centralized command center, a didactic lecture facility, and offices accommodating nursing leadership. Specific to the Fresno Campus, the newly constructed space allows students and practitioners to practice clinical skills without potential patient risks. “An advanced Simulation Learning Center [will] empower students to achieve care through evidence-based practices and interprofessional collaboration,” says the California-based, allied-educational healthcare system in a mission statement.

Bridging healthcare learning initiatives, training stations like these are being used more frequently within academic medical institutions. Simulated labs provide virtual and in-person patient experiences, self-paced learning environments, and realistic yet adaptive clinicals, with patient-centric curriculum delivery ranging from live birthing to burn victims and surgical simulation. Anatomically equipped to the specific body area to be studied, patient simulators can range from simple static models to highly technical models which can be fully automated—delivering a baby with differing configurations. For instance, students and teachers no longer have to wait to observe a real-life heart attack; instead, a clinical can be simulated asynchronously to match academic coursework, precisely by textbook, chapter, page, and class period.

Fresno Simulation Learning Center Control Room

The lab was built in cooperation with national contenders, Education Management Solutions (EMS), a pioneer in simulation-based solutions for healthcare training environments,1 and Gaumard, a Florida-based entity providing simulation resources and innovative products for classrooms and training solutions toward safer patient outcomes.2

“One of the most important aspects of healthcare learning is the hands-on component,” said Burke Malin, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts’ Chief Operating Officer. “Over the past years, we’ve been enhancing lab environments and other simulation tools to augment the overall curriculum in multiple programs. Giving our programs an ability to simulate use across different programs (ultrasound, X-ray, physical therapy assisting, to name a few) and coordinating the education to look and feel like the realities experienced in a dynamic hospital or outpatient environment is critical to preparing all our students for real-life, healthcare environments. Our nursing labs are a real focal point of this strategy.”

Fresno Simulation Learning Center Med-Surg ICU Room

Karen Hobson, Fresno Campus director, echoes this. She adds, “The SLC developed as a shared vision within the campus community. Students who have an opportunity to learn in a realistic environment will experience a higher level of knowledge transfer and will be supported as they practice relevant skills.”

“[This] is going to open the door for collaboration with other interdisciplinary team members,” said Shelvia Salvano, the school’s Simulation Manager and BSN Assistant Program Director for the Concord Campus. “It will allow the students to learn how to communicate and collaborate with allied health members.”

Samantha Manlosa Sanchez, Fresno Campus’s dean of nursing, agrees. “The Simulation Learning Center opens the door to community partnerships, multidisciplinary teams collaboration, and an affirmation of the academic institution’s mission of delivering high-quality instructions in nursing and allied health programs.”

Fresno Simulation Learning Center Labor and Delivery Room

The administration is sure the skills lab will take students and staff to the next level. Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts invites you to the Simulation Learning Center Open House. Follow this link to register https://www.simulationiq.com/virtual-event-gurnick/. Festivities include a Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting, Leadership Presentation, Virtual Campus Tour, Simulation Center Tour, Virtually Simulated Birthing Exhibit, Q&A, and more.

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Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is a private, post-secondary educational institution operating six campuses across Northern California and Van Nuys, California. Gurnick Academy offers allied health, nursing, and medical imaging programs, including Radiologic Technology, MRI Technology, Ultrasound Technology, Physical Therapy Assisting, Vocational Nursing, RN, BSN, Medical Assisting, Dental Assisting, and a Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Medical Imaging.

 

Citations
1 “Who We Are.” EMS.com. Education Management Solutions. Accessed May 3, 2021. www.simulationiq.com/who-we-are/.

2 “Gaumard | Simulators for Health Care Education | Patient Simulators, Task Trainers, Scenarios, AV Systems, and More.” Gaumard.com. Gaumard. 2020. www.gaumard.com/.

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