Simulation

Simulation-based learning is an integral part of our Emergency Medicine (EM) residency and Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) fellowship training curriculum. Sessions occur at our state of the art Surgical and Clinical Skills Center where we use high-fidelity Laerdal adult and pediatric mannequins, along with various task trainers to encompass a variety of real-life patient encounters.

In the Skills Center, EM and PEM faculty facilitate challenging cases that allow our learners to make mistakes in a low-risk environment where their growth and potential are nurtured.

All of our postgraduate learners get 2 adult and 1 pediatric simulation cases on the 2nd Thursday of the month. In addition to 2nd Thursdays, our PEM fellows get quarterly fellow simulation sessions, while rotating senior medical students are exposed to simulation during their orientation and are invited to our 2nd Thursday longitudinal simulation sessions.

The UTHealth Houston Department of Emergency Medicine also has a Mobile Simulation Training Unit, better known as the MSTU, which allows us to carry out our vision of healthcare education outside of the Skills Center and off campus.

With the MSTU, we have assisted in training local EMS agencies, providing continuing medical education (CME) for Memorial Hermann Emergency Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers, and created community outreach events, such as the UTHealth Houston Saves A Life series.