Facilities & Equipment

We are currently utilizing our eight state-of-the-art patient assessment suites to train and evaluate our PA students. Four of these suites use CAE LearningSpace and have video-recording capabilities that are utilized to schedule and record simulated clinical scenarios, utilizing standardized patients as well as clinical simulators. CAE LearningSpace is a web-based platform that aides in the student mastery of clinical practices in the PA program. The clinical simulation allows students to view and record practice scenarios they would find in a real clinical setting in order to self-assess and develop ways to improve their clinical acumen. These facilities provide a safe, realistic and effective training environment and can be utilized by various courses in our curriculum.

Our simulators include Harvey, a cardiopulmonary patient-simulator that provides high-fidelity heart and lung sounds, as well as multiple clinical scenarios; CAE Apollo, a high-fidelity adult patient simulator and CAE Juno, a clinical skills manikin.

In addition, we have an anatomy/clinical skills lab that is utilized for teaching/learning and clinical skills practice. The lab houses the program’s Anatomage Table, a technologically advanced system that allows for the display of real life-sized human anatomy reconstructed from human cadavers and combines specialized software for virtual dissection, as well as case-based learning of abnormal pathology. This new technology for human anatomy education allows for more efficient exploration of multiple anatomical structures from different angles, which is not possible in cadaver-based instruction. The lab also contains skills manikins, medical supplies and two laparoscopic towers for practicing of essential clinical skills for PA education.