Pliego, COM Students Participate in Simulation Development Program
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According to Dr. Pliego, the program will feature current third-year medical students rotating at the Clinical Simulation Center, doing clinical simulation scenarios in both Ob/Gyn and FM clerkships. Faculty members Dr. Russell Fothergill and Dr. Marc Via were also involved.
STARLINK describes the faculty development program as follows:
“In this cross-disciplinary program for all health sciences, we visit two award-winning simulation centers, HealthPartners Simulation Center at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and The Clinical Simulation Center in Temple, Texas for demonstrations of cutting-edge simulation devices where realistic clinical experiences can be simulated for a broad range of health care professionals. A variety of high-tech and basic tools will be highlighted, including the latest in obstetrical and pediatric simulators, task trainers, and computer-based medical simulation.
Experts include: Neil Coker, BS, EMT-P, Director of Simulation Teaching, Assessment, and Research Programs at Temple College, and Manager of Operations for Temple College's Clinical Simulation Center; Sharon Denning, MS, RN, CNA, Director of the HealthPartners Simulation Center at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota; and Jose Pliego, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical Director of Clinical Simulation at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.”
Currently, STARLINK is a network of 138 colleges and universities in twenty-nine states and Canada. Over its sixteen-year history it has produced and delivered 200 programs via satellite amounting to almost 300 hours of training and information.
