CAE Healthcare and the Rush Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation (RCCSS) announced today that they have entered a simulation research partnership to enhance healthcare education and improve patient safety, including support for RCCSS simulation research initiatives. An international leader in the field of simulation-based education and training, CAE has certified RCCSS as a CAE Healthcare Center of Excellence. Through this innovative partnership, Rush students and industry partners now have access to some of the most advanced medical simulation technology available.
Located on the Rush University Medical Center campus near the west side of Chicago, the 20,000-square-foot simulation center is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and technology to enhance teaching and learning capabilities. This includes advanced patient simulators that help students practice realistic scenarios in a controlled environment, preparing them to work with actual patients. The high-fidelity manikins and equipment include:
This partnership with CAE Healthcare facilitates the continued expansion of the RCCSS medical simulation program and recognizes Rush as a leader in advanced medical simulation.
“We’re proud to have our state-of-the-art lab recognized by CAE as a Center of Excellence,” said Sherine Gabriel, MD, MSc, President, Rush University. “It continues Rush’s reputation as an academic health system dedicated to transforming healthcare and providing the best opportunities for education and research to our students and clinicians.”
“This partnership is the ideal alignment between the core values of CAE, Rush and RCCSS – three forward-thinking organizations, driven to push the boundaries of healthcare simulation to develop new, evidence-based practices and training technologies for tomorrow’s clinicians,” said Heidi Wood, President of CAE Healthcare. “As a CAE Center of Excellence, RCCSS will offer a real-world test lab for interprofessional simulation-based education that will advance healthcare and patient safety.”
Rush University was founded in 1972 and is private and non-denominational. The university is located in the Illinois Medical District near Chicago’s loop and has four colleges: Rush Medical College, the Colleges of Nursing, Health Sciences and the Graduate College. The total enrollment is 2,816, with students in these categories: doctoral, 1,737; graduate, 884; undergraduate, 104; and certificates, 35. There are 779 residents and fellows in graduate medical education programs at the 664 bed Rush University Medical Center. The 2021 U.S. News and World Report’s America's Best Graduate Schools Survey ranked eight programs in the College of Nursing and one in the College of Health Sciences among the top ten in the country. The College of Nursing is ranked first nationally for graduate nursing programs in U.S. News and World Report’s 2020 Best Online Programs. According to the U.S. Department of Education, Rush University leads Illinois universities in undergraduate students’ post-graduation earning, with an average annual salary of $74,000. Rush University Medical Center received more than $94 million in total research awards in 2019. At Rush Medical College in 1847, David Jones Peck, MD, became the first African-American man to receive a doctor of medicine degree from an American medical school. Today, Rush continues to foster a culture of inclusion in our classrooms, in healthcare settings, and in the laboratory.
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