Greater Rochester Advocates for Universities and Colleges
GRAUC Simulation Collaborative Requested Information
Project Goal: The goal of the GRAUC Simulation Collaborative is to enhance, diversify, and expand Rochester area healthcare workforce by providing access to relevant, effective, and flexible simulation technology.
Project Components and Costs:
· Pre-design: $75,000
· Full design (architectural, interior design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, structural engineering, and project management) $600,000
· Remodeling costs: $6,092,000
· Technology and training costs: $2,000,000
· First year/start-up costs (initial space rental, sim center coordinator, etc.) $2,000,000
· Indirect costs: $333,000
Projected Users/Results
· 200+ WSU undergraduate nursing students (juniors and seniors)
· 70+ Hawthorne Education Center Healthcare Pathways students (Rochester Public Schools’ Adult Literacy Program)
· 1400+ Olmsted Medical Center employees who currently have limited access to simulation technology
· Luther College nursing students (#unknown)
List of College/University Supporters
· Winona State University
· Rochester Community and Technical College
· University of Minnesota Rochester
· Luther College
· Saint Mary’s University
List of Employer and Other Supporters
· Mayo Clinic
· Olmsted Medical Center
· Destination Medical Center
· Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce
· City of Rochester
· Destination Medical Center
· HealthForce Minnesota Center of Excellence
· Minnesota Board of Nursing
· HGA Architects
· Southeast Service Cooperative
· Rochester Area Foundation
· Workforce Development, Inc.
· GRAUC
The work of the GRAUC Simulation Collaborative for the past two years has been funded by grants from Mayo Clinic Community Projects, Olmsted Medical Center, Destination Medical Center, Minnesota State University, and Winona State University Foundation. Recently, Rochester Area Foundation approved a GRAUC proposal to conduct a Co-design process with the University of Minnesota’s Culture of Health by Design. This project is currently documenting the viewpoints of healthcare students and workers from traditionally under-served communities to ensure that the GRAUC Simulation Center will be accessible, relevant, and flexible for all.
