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Training & education
Simulation centre at U of Montreal is
one-year old
MONTREAL - The Faculty of Medicine
of Universite de Montreal and CAE Healthcare celebrated the first year
of operations of the faculty’s simulation training centre, the Centre
d’apprentissage des attitudes et habiletes cliniques (CAAHC).
The CAAHC simulation centre is one of the largest simulation-based
healthcare training centres in Canada. It is located at the Faculty of
medicine of Universite de Montreal and is managed by CAE Healthcare as
part of a partnership.
It is equipped with several multi-purpose training rooms and high
fidelity manikins that enable simulation of various scenarios of real
medical situations. Thus, participants are better prepared to act in an
optimal way during critical situations while reducing the risks inherent
in the practice of medicine.
“The Faculty of Medicine of Universite de Montreal is the first
institution in North America to integrate simulation-based learning into
its medical training program,” said Dr. Jean Rouleau, Dean of the
Faculty of Medicine of Universite de Montreal. “Our students will all
benefit from training on equipment that is perfectly adapted to our
educational methods and to the realities of today’s medicine.
“Since we opened the centre a year ago, approximately 1,000 students
have visited the centre each month to develop clinical skills. The
centre offers an ideal learning environment for a generation of
individuals that has grown up with new technologies.”
The mission of the centre is to enable students to acquire technical
competencies, attitudes and skills, and to promote teamwork,
communication, empathy and work ethics. The centre includes 12 rooms
that can be accommodated to simulate different environments: a hospital,
an ambulatory environment, a private medical practice, an external
clinic, an emergency room or rooms for Objectively Structured Clinical
Examination (OSCE).
The centre also includes a large room with six beds, three clinical
ambulatory, private practice or community-based type examining rooms and
a room that replicates a high fidelity operating room with a human
patient simulator or a critical care room.
CAE Healthcare has assembled a team at the centre, including simulation
technology specialists and medical simulation instructors. This team
supports the Faculty of Medicine and delivers courses to their students
using medical simulation equipment. CAE Healthcare’s team is also
responsible for delivering specialized training courses such as advanced
cardiac life support (ACLS), to residents and other members of the
medical community.
The Faculty of Medicine of Universite de Montreal has developed and
adapted its programs to include the centre’s new simulation equipment.
It has also developed training sessions adapted to healthcare
professionals who work in various sectors of the healthcare system, in
particular in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
“We are proud to partner with the Faculty of Medicine of Universite de
Montreal and have the opportunity to use our experience in managing
aerospace training centres in the field of healthcare,” said Guillaume
Herve, President of CAE Healthcare. “Simulation enables physicians and
healthcare professionals to practice certain procedures or operations in
a safe environment which ultimately results in reduced risks to
patients.”
About the Faculty of Medicine of Universite de Montreal
The Universite de Montreal Faculty of Medecine has 2,000 professors and
researchers on staff. Over 1,600 are clinical professors working within
a wide network of healthcare facilities. As the largest medical school
in Canada, and third largest in North America, the UdeM Faculty of
Medicine trains 6,000 students in all three levels of higher education
each year. A leader in innovative teaching techniques, the Faculty was
the first school of its kind to offer a complete medical training
program outside an urban centre at its facility in the Mauricie. The
UdeM’s Faculty of Medicine has also made it mark in research. Not only
does it receive numerous research grants (the second most in Canada),
the Faculty also has 60 Canada Research Chairs and 30 endowed research
chairs.
For more information about the centre:
www.caahc.org
About CAE Healthcare
CAE Healthcare is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CAE. CAE Healthcare is
applying CAE’s training, simulation and modelling know-how from aviation
to bring best practices to the healthcare industry. It is developing
cutting-edge learning tools and innovative simulation solutions for
healthcare education with the objective of offering healthcare
professionals the opportunity to learn using multiple simulation
platforms before testing their skills on patients. The ultimate goal is
to improve clinical competence and expertise and enhance the quality and
safety of patient care and the efficiency of healthcare systems.
www.cae.com/healthcare
Posted May 20, 2010
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