Riverside Health’s simulation training lab opened in September 2020 following a three-year collaboration involving the family of Brandon D. Rogers, DO, community donors, Riverside medical staff and the Riverside Foundation. The hospital-based program supports five affiliated system hospitals, lifelong health and palliative care service lines and the Riverside College of Health Sciences, and earned full Society for Simulation in Healthcare accreditation in teaching and education in December 2023. The 8,400-square-foot facility emulates clinical care environments across four dedicated areas: a medical/surgical/ICU ward, labor and delivery room, emergency medicine/trauma bay and a procedural skills suite. Training is supported by an integrated audio-visual learning management system with debriefing capabilities and a broad modality mix that includes adult simulators of varying fidelity, birthing simulators, pediatric and neonate simulators, surgical and partial task trainers, and clinical equipment used in the hospital such as ultrasound, video laryngoscopy, defibrillators and a neonate warmer. The lab provides faculty development in healthcare simulation fundamentals and debriefing concepts, supports curriculum design and low-cost model production, and offers electives and clerkships for residents and medical students. Since opening, the lab has hosted more than 16,600 learners across approximately 100 programs and facilitated 1,360 evolutions totaling nearly 4,300 hours of simulation-based training. Community outreach has expanded through stroke awareness and hands-only CPR training for fourth graders, point-of-care ultrasound exposure for university pre-health students, and an immersive program created with trauma educators for individuals identified as at risk of being impacted by gun violence.
