LSU Health Open House Shows Off Simulation Technology & Resources
As a leader in health care delivery and education across diverse disciplines, LSU Health New Orleans is committed to training the health care leaders of the future. Simulation education provides innovative, immersive interprofessional learning experiences for medical, dental, nursing and allied health students, as well as residents, through a broad range of simulation techniques. LSU Health New Orleans schools use the simulation labs as part of core curricula for students.
LSU Health New Orleans Simulation Community Fast Facts:• LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine
o The Learning Center has 9 dedicated simulation labso The simulation labs occupy over 30,000 square feet of space, including two mock operating rooms and a demonstration laboratory
o Educate more than 32,677 learners each yearo Provide more than 82,722 hours of learning each year
o The Learning Center is an American College of Surgeons Accredited Education Institute• LSU Health New Nursing Skills and Technology Center
o The Nursing Skills and Technology Center has 6 dedicated simulation labso The simulation labs occupy over 5,000 square feet of space
o Educate more than 2,500 learners each yearo Provide more than 7,500 hours of learning each year
o The Center is a Society of Simulation in Health Care Accredited Program in Teaching/Education• LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry
o The school has 1 dedicated simulation labo The simulation lab occupies 5,516 square feet of space
o More than 600 learners each year are educated in the simulation labo More than 70,000 hours of learning each year occur in the simulation
o The Dental School is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans (LSU Health New Orleans) educates Louisiana's health care professionals. The state's health sciences university leader, LSU Health New Orleans includes a School of Medicine, the state's only School of Dentistry, Louisiana's only public School of Public Health, and Schools of Allied Health Professions, Nursing, and Graduate Studies. LSU Health New Orleans faculty take care of patients in public and private hospitals and clinics throughout the region. In the vanguard of biosciences research, the LSU Health New Orleans research enterprise generates jobs and enormous annual economic impact. LSU Health New Orleans faculty have made lifesaving discoveries and continue to work to prevent, advance treatment, or cure disease. To learn more, visit http://www.lsuhsc.edu, http://www.twitter.com/LSUHealthNO, or http://www.facebook.com/LSUHSC.
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