New York Simulation Center for the Health Sciences(NYSIM) is a 25,000 square foot simulation-based learning space. Four separate wings are dedicated to simulation education. NYSIM is one of the largest and most advanced medical simulation facilities in the nation, providing state-of-the-art training for medical students, nursing students, residents, staff nurses, and physicians.
Facilities include examining rooms for student/standardized patient encounters, ICU beds, operating rooms, a trauma bay, a neonatal unit, a labor and delivery room, and a wet room for disaster training. Our state-of-the-art mannequins are also central to the simulation curriculum. They are controlled/voiced by supervising staff behind one-way mirrors, and simulations are designed to replicate various clinical encounters. Participants can administer drugs to the patient, ask for updated vitals, EKGs, listen to heart/lung sounds, and evaluate pulses, among many other things. These mannequins are also designed with attention to detail, such that their pupils can constrict/dilate, and they can even sweat.
The NYSIM Center consists of a
north wing with five simulation rooms, each with a control room where instructors can operate mannequins and record the event for student/teacher analysis. An
east wing has 14 office style examination rooms most commonly used to interact with standardized patients. The
west winghouses the flex room, also known as the multi-purpose room; it also features
classrooms and small
conference rooms for debriefing sessions.