LANSING, Mich. — Health care is always changing, and the dedicated staff who provide it at McLaren Greater Lansing are always learning the newest ways to best care for their patients.
When their new home opens in early 2022, McLaren’s clinical staff will have access to state-of-the-art Clinical Education spaces, including a cutting-edge simulation lab. The lab will allow clinical staff to purposely undertake high-risk, low-frequency processes or skills within a safe environment.
“We’re excited the new simulation lab will offer our staff and students a safe, realistic environment to learn new skills, validate competencies, and review clinical processes,” said Amanda Lampron, McLaren Greater Lansing Director of Clinical Education. “The simulation lab allows for a multidisciplinary training approach, meaning all clinical staff may potentially utilize this space.”
The new simulation lab will be home to McLaren’s high-tech SimMan® 3G, a lifelike training mannequin which represents an average size adult. The advanced patient simulator is controlled by a computer and allows for staff to be paced in a realistic scenario while the education team watches from a control room. The education team can control the mannequin’s heart rate and rhythm, breathing and breath sounds, eyes and blinking, and even simulate bleeding and tears.
The new lab will allow the SimMan® scenarios to be recorded on video and used to debrief and analyze the events of the simulation to help improve future performance.
As with all aspects of McLaren’s new health care campus, which includes a 240-bed hospital, medical services building, and comprehensive cancer center, the Clinical Education spaces were designed with direct input of the staff members who utilize it.
“The Clinical Education team used staff and student evaluations from previous classes held in our current space to help shape the plans for the Clinical Education space in the new medical services building,” said Lampron.
The Clinical Education spaces will do more than just help train caregivers in the latest techniques; it will also help recruit people from outside the Lansing region to bring their talents to mid-Michigan.
“Having a simulation program and dedicated education space will show top-level talent that McLaren is dedicated to continuing education and that we value professional development,” said Lampron.
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