The Center for Simulation and Integrated Healthcare Education (CSIHE) will be a central resource with a full complement of facilities, staff and services for simulation training in clinical skills.
The Center for Simulation and Integrated Healthcare Education is building a 25,000 square foot, world-class center for collaboration in biomedical research, education, commercialization and community health in the heart of Akron’s Biomedical Corridor. Through this state-of-the-art facility, CSIHE offers programs for:
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Inter-professional education
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Safety training and error reduction
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Team communications
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Pediatric emergency training
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EMS hand-off to emergency staff
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Disaster preparedness training
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Interactive and emerging technology training
Parallel to its mission to provide nationally recognized simulation-based education and training programs for the healthcare team, CSIHE has several initiatives underway:
Pilot Projects
The Center for Simulation and Integrated Healthcare Education has launched five pilot project simulations with several regional groups to address issues ranging from inter-professional education, safety and reduction of errors, team communications, pediatric emergencies and EMS hand-off to emergency department staff. Through these projects, CSIHE is defining its own initial programming that will go beyond what any individual partner or regional simulation center can provide.
CSIHE Simulation Center
CSIHE, as the mainframe of the new ABIA permanent facility, is building a 25,000-square-foot, world class center for collaboration in biomedical research, education, commercialization and community health in the heart of Akron's Biomedical Corridor. This collaborative space will be where innovative technologies and methodologies are tested and used to improve the education and performance of the region's current and future healthcare professionals, including first responders. The inter-professional environment will foster improvements in healthcare quality, provider performance, patient safety and communication by providing healthcare professionals with new opportunities in a wide range of medical situations ranging from common conditions to rare, multi-casualty events.
The facility plans includes a bio-skills lab, mock decontamination facility, simulated operating room, standardized patient rooms, and a large, configurable area with a central control room, which can be divided into distinct simulation rooms. A multidisciplinary, expert staff, each affiliated with the ABIA founding partner institutions, will develop course content suited for active learning under realistic conditions through the use of high-fidelity scenarios.