The Simulation Center

• The simulation centre is a specialist training facility that aims to develop the clinical skills of healthcare staff.
  It provides an advanced simulation environment where trainees can practise medical procedures and handle emergencies safely and realistically.
• The centre includes modern technology such as high-fidelity simulation and virtual reality training, which strengthens the capability of health staff and helps keep patients safe.
• The centre focuses on delivering a range of training programmes across all health specialties, and strengthens cooperation between health institutions to share expertise and achieve positive results in healthcare.

The Simulation and Reality Centre opened in the Muhammadiyah Building of King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in January 2020 as a trial opening, with a plan for a formal opening in March 2020.
Given the unforeseen circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, the formal opening was postponed and rescheduled for 14 October 2020.

The simulation centre at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre works to cover every training need and requirement by equipping the centre with the latest equipment for simulating real patient care scenarios.

It replicates outpatient clinic rooms, inpatient rooms, intensive care rooms, operating theatres and emergency rooms — helping to apply patient safety procedures, improve the quality of training and care, strengthen treatment outcomes and the patient experience, and reduce costs.

The simulation centre delivers a range of simulation-based activities and programmes, including but not limited to:

• Virtual reality simulators.

• Reality-based training courses.

• Training programmes for patients and their families using the simulation system.

• Simulation-based training within the hospital's departments.

• Cooperation with external bodies for training within the healthcare sector.

• System assessment and testing under the supervision of the simulation centre.

• Simulation-based research.

• Train-the-trainer programmes using the simulation system.

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The simulation centre aims to develop core skills and increase productivity for all staff of King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, as well as health sector staff more widely. It opens the door to joining this training facility and benefiting from all its programmes, ensuring effective practice and sustained professional development for the health practitioner.

The simulation centre seeks to attract workshops from across the Kingdom and beyond, allowing it to increase the number of participants and beneficiaries of its programmes.

Attendance is expected to rise markedly in the years ahead.

• Rising demand for training: growing numbers of trainees require larger spaces to meet their needs.

• Modern technology: new equipment needs additional space to operate and store.

• A range of simulation environments: a larger centre can provide varied environments to simulate different scenarios.

• Expanding the training programmes: the ability to run several courses and workshops at once.

• A better learning experience: providing interactive areas and spaces for trainees to work together.

• Meeting international standards: keeping pace with international standards in training and simulation.

• In the event of an epidemic: should an epidemic such as COVID-19 occur — God forbid — the simulation centre would be ready to receive patients, with equipment meeting the hospital's own standards.

• Training patients and their families: setting aside a suitable space to train patients and their families in how to use medical equipment at home.

The simulation centre focuses on its core objectives: developing essential skills and reducing error rates for all clinical staff at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, and for health sector staff more widely. As noted, the simulation centre sits in the Muhammadiyah Tower outside the hospital campus, which makes it hard for staff to reach and has a considerable knock-on effect on training and on how well clinical staff and patients apply those skills.

The simulation centre therefore needs a new, larger home because of rising demand for training and practical experience, which calls for more space to accommodate more trainees and modern technology. A larger centre can also provide varied simulation environments that support effective learning and help build skills more successfully.

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