The Penn Medicine Clinical Simulation Center provides training to physicians, students, and healthcare professionals from all across the Health System, the School of Medicine, neighboring institutions, and the global healthcare field with the goal of improving patient safety and satisfaction with increased efficiency. The Center, located at Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse, offers state-of-the-art medical simulation technology in an approximately 22,000 square foot facility. The Center includes human patient simulators set in realistic hospital settings for team training as well as task trainers for individual instruction in procedural skills such as central line placement, endotracheal intubation, laparoscopic procedures, and fiberoptic endoscopy.

Training Programs		NEW COURSE POSTING Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Course AHA Child and Infant CPR with First Aid December 5, 2009 PHTLS Advanced Provider January 11-12, 2010 Contact the Sim Center
Standardized Patient Program
12 Standardized Patient Exam Rooms Faculty Viewing Room
Measey Surgical Skills Suite
Specialty trainers for surgical skills
Six Simulation Rooms for Team and Individual Training
Simulated Procedure Room Simulated Labor and Delivery Room Simulated In-Patient Room Simulated Emergency Department Room
Additional Features
Multi-purpose Skills Lab Conference Rooms Locker Rooms and Lounge Computer Lab Administrative Offices

All sessions occurring in the Center can be viewed, manipulated, recorded and replayed via a technologically advanced control center located in the core of the facility. The control room will also enable the viewing of live procedures taking place at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in various rooms in the Simulation Center.