Division of Educational Technology Clinical Skills Center Simulation Center iMedEd Ultrasound in Medical Education Curriculum Ultrasound Standardized Patients (USPs) Simulation Center Home Education Medical Education Division of Educational Technology Division of Educational Technology > Simulation Center State-of-the-Art Training Facility The UCI Medical Education Simulation Center, located within the medical education building at the School of Medicine on the Irvine campus, is a $40 million, 65,000-square-foot state-of-the-art medical simulation center. The Simulation Center includes a full-scale operating room, emergency room trauma bay, obstetrics suit and critical care unit. Alongside the Simulation suites are two dedicated debrief rooms and a state-of-the-art command center. Each suite is equipped with 360-degree, ceiling mounted cameras, omnidirectional hanging ceiling microphone and wall mounted equipment. The Simulation Center provides simulation-based educational programs for UCI medical students across four years as well as UCI residents, fellows and faculty. The Simulation Center provides interprofessional medical simulation education and training activities for learners which enhances competence and strengthens collaborative practice across the continuum of care in a safe simulated environment. The training is enhanced by using high fidelity mannequins and educational task trainers. Medical Education Curriculum Simulation Curriculum Medical Student Education The UC Irvine School of Medicine's Clinical Skills, Simulation and Ultrasound Center is the heart of our longitudinal MS1 and MS2 clinical skills curriculum that includes both education and assessment, as well as our MS3s clinical skills education and OSCE assessments and MS4 transition to residency course. Students begin their 4-year long journey into clinical medicine in the center the first week of MS1 year with a kickoff “Clinical Skill Boot Camp” designed to be an immersive doctoring experience which includes a multi-station patient course with standardized patients, simulation, procedure training and culminates in a debrief with our clinicians and basic sciences course directors. As MS1s and MS2s, students spend Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in the CSC and SIM Centers working in small groups of 3 to 5 students with Dean’s Scholars (faculty physician mentors with extensive experience in clinical skills education). The curriculum is designed to give MS1 and MS2 students a longitudinal experience in patient care and aligns with their basic science course work. As MS1s, students learn the intricacies of taking a patient history, followed by a series of systems-based modules. In each module, the MS1 students begin by learning a system specific physical exam, followed by a standardized patient case in our Clinical Skills Center. Students will then see the same patient in the Simulation Center, where that patient’s disease process will have progressed, and will also learn that system’s ultrasound exams. For many cases, the student will then follow that patient into a small group, team-based learning session. MS1 systems include, History, Cardiovascular, Gastrointestinal, Pulmonary, HEENT, Neurology and Musculoskeletal. Midway through the MS1 year, students begin to work through the “Top Ten Family Medicine Chief Concerns.” MS1 students see patients with Flank Pain, Dizziness and Headaches. As MS2s, students continue with the “Top Ten Family Medicine Chief Concerns” as students see standardized patients with Back Pain, Fever, Fatigue and Edema, Chest Pain, Dyspnea, Abdominal Pain that progress as simulation cases and chief concern specific ultrasound, ultimately culminating in small group case discussions. This longitudinal patient case style curriculum ensures that students develop their physical exam skills, communication skills and clinical reasoning skills in a progressive, additive manner with close physician mentorship and feedback via our Dean’s Scholars. MS3 and MS4 students return to the UC Irvine School of Medicine's Clinical Skills Center and Simulation Center for clerkship simulation sessions, procedural skills and OSCEs.