Jefferson delivers extensive, award-winning simulation programming that supports learners from foundational communication and physical diagnosis skills to advanced procedures such as cardiac catheterization and anesthesia administration. The program serves more than 2,500 graduate medical education learners annually, along with undergraduate students and practicing clinicians across the health system. Anchored by the 71,000-square-foot Rector Clinical Skills and Simulation Center, Jefferson provides approximately 350 simulation-based skills training and assessment programs across roughly 5,500 teaching hours each year. The center features 20 outpatient simulation offices, four inpatient simulation rooms, a surgical wet lab, five low-fidelity support classrooms and five high-fidelity teaching rooms, including a virtual operating room, virtual trauma/anesthesiology bay and a six-bed virtual ICU/step-down unit. An approximately 150-person standardized patient program supports validated case scenarios and high-stakes objective structured clinical examinations, while virtual and augmented reality enhance realism and learner engagement. Jefferson’s simulation enterprise holds dual accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Health Care and the American College of Surgeons, and extends access through the Rector Center Remote Clinical Skills program, which uses a custom-fitted van, Zoom and home simulation kits to deliver invasive basic-skills training such as IV administration, intubation and Foley catheter insertion.
