Madigan Army Medical Center's use of simulation technology has received
national recognition. The Charles A. Andersen Simulation Center is the
first educational institution in the Department of Defense to be
accredited by the American College of Surgeons - and only 21 other
health care education facilities in the U.S. have this distinction.
This three-year accreditation designates the Andersen Simulation Center
as a Comprehensive Level 1 Center of Surgical Education Excellence. The
simulation campus for the accreditation also includes the Medical
Simulation Training Center at Fort Lewis.
The Andersen Simulation Center supports Madigan's graduate medical
education program and the training of hundreds of nurses and medics
throughout the Western Region. Since its opening in 2002, more than
17,000 medics, nurses and doctors-in-training from the Army, Air Force,
Navy and Coast Guard have used the center to hone their medical skills.
The center also has professional agreements with several local colleges
and universities, to include the Institute for Surgical and
Interventional Simulation at the University of Washington, that extend
the training opportunities to medical and nursing students in
Washington State.
Additionally, the simulation center has received numerous accolades for
its recent development and deployment of a Mobile Obstetric Simulator,
a device used to practice routine and emergency infant deliveries. The
device earned Madigan a DOD Patient Safety Award. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/93022.php
