June 30, 2009
Gunshot wound. Spinal cord injury. Renal failure. It may sound like a typical episode of ER, but simulations of these and other serious medical situations are providing valuable training for future medical professionals at the Goodman Simulation Center at Stanford.
Offering virtual settings from an ER suite to an operating theater, the center allows trainees to maneuver through a variety of lifelike scenarios, without worrying about making mistakes.
Third-year medical students Lauren Shui-Sum Chan and Alexa Bisinger take on the challenges of a busy ER at the Goodman Simulation Center. Video length: 6 min
"The Goodman Center closes the gap between classroom learning and patient care," said David Gaba, MD, associate dean for immersive and simulation-based learning and professor of anesthesia. "By exposing students to stress when they go into the simulator, we hope they'll be better prepared for those kinds of stresses when they encounter them with real patients".
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