Collaborative Healthcare Simulation Center
The mission of the Center is to provide educators and learners a state-of-the-art facility in the greater Rochester area increasing competencies and skills resulting in a proficient healthcare workforce of the future.
Why a Community Healthcare Simulation Center?
Minnesota needs 50K more healthcare professionals (CNA, LPN, RN) by 2030.
The availability of clinical sites for nursing students has been reduced due to staffing shortages.
20% of Nurses (RN & LPN) are over 65 years of age.
Approximately 1,250 students would benefit from increased access to the simulation-based education experience.
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In January of 2020, GRAUC was asked to spearhead a multi-institution/multi-employer effort to increase access to healthcare simluation activities.
GRAUC assembled a group representating public and private education providers, healthcare employers, and experts in simulation design and technology to advise the initial planning of the sim center project. Items completed by this group included:
Needs analysis of regional education and healthcare institutions.
Co-design diversity, equity, and inclusion project to assure cultural relevance and accessibility.
Governance structure.
Our local legislators supported this initiative. SF 2452/HR2521 was introduced by Senators Liz Boldon and Carla Nelson and Representatives Tina Liebling, Kim Hicks, Andy Smith, and Duane Quam. The result was a $475,000 Direct Appropriation Grant to fund the development of a small, prototype of the Simulation Center.
Simulation Center Collaborative was disbanded and the Collaborative Healthcare Simulation Center Board of Directors was formed to provide governance functions for the project.
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Create interdisciplinary, scenario-based training and realism in problem-based instruction.
Enable educators to tailor training to individual educational levels in a safe learning environment.
Serve as a testing ground for quailty improvement and innovation.
Produce standardized training and consistency in healthcare practices which will contribute to improved patient safety outcomes.Description text goes here
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Employers will gain several benefits from having additional learners trained:
Enhanced Preparedness: Students will be better prepared for their clinical rotations, resulting in a smoother transition into hands-on healthcare settings.
Improved Clinical Experiences: This training will assist students in being more prepared for clinicals, fostering a positive and less stressful experience for students and teachers.
Recertification Opportunities. Current healthcare staff will have the chance to pursue recertification through participating in these traning sessions, ensuring their skills are up-to-date.
Expanded Learning Opportunities. The simulation scenarios will not only benefit healthcare professionals but also offer valuable practice for other professionals such as food service and custodial employees, enabling them to refine their patients interaction skills in a controlled environment.
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Needs analysis: Focus group interviews and surveys to regional educators and simulation professionals produced data needed to understand current state of training programs and gaps in current facilitations. (complete).
Business & governance plan. A business plan that includes a governance structure has been completed. (complete)
Seeking and securing funds. Being a community center, no single institution is funding the intiative. Government sources such as grants, benefaction, and fees collected from insitutional users will be essential to the launch and sustainability of the Center. To date, the Sim Center has received a $475,000 direct appropriation from the State of MN to build a small, prototype of the simulation center. (in process)
Design, build, and implementation of permanent center. (In process)
Collaborative Healthcare Simulation Center Board of Directors
The Simulation Center is governed by a board of directors representating higher education, healthcare institutions, economic development, and private industry. Members include:
Lori Rhudy, Co-Chair, Winona State University
Thomas Hill, Co-Chair, Winona State University
Andrew Petzold, University of Minnesota, Rochester
Susan Forneris, University of Minnesota
Annette Caflisch, Rochester Community and Technical College
Scott Walker, St. Mary’s University
Katie Snow, Olmsted Medical Center
Jeanine Gangeness, Mayo Clinic
Chris Schad, Destination Medical Center Economic Development
Hal Henderson, HGA
“GRAUC serves as a catalyst for collaboration, coordination and alignment across all higher education providers. ”
The State of Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) funded this training through a grant. The grant recipient created this training. DEED does not endores this publicity or training or make guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability or ownership of thei information herein or elsewhere.
