Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the official launch of its newly expanded, 15,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Clinical Skills Simulation Center in the Research Park at FAU in Boca Raton. 

 

Community leaders, donors and FAU officials gathered for a special unveiling of the center, which provides sophisticated simulation and trainer technologies to educate medical students, medical residents, nurses and first responders. The advanced technology utilized throughout the center improves their clinical skills, enhances critical thinking, and enables them to become more self-assured in their skills while under the supervision of trained instructors.

 

Jeff Atwater, FAU’s vice president for strategic initiatives and CFO, also participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. FAU’s first simulation center was launched in 2006 through a grant from the Quantum Foundation and support from the State of Florida Legislature. Atwater was instrumental in the launch of the first center and attended the first ribbon-cutting ceremony while he was a state senator.

 

A recent $300,000 grant from the Quantum Foundation has enabled the expansion of this newest center, as well as the dedication of the “Quantum Foundation Technical Training Room.” FAU’s Clinical Skills Simulation Center and its second center, the Mollie Wilmot Pavilion in West Palm Beach, also has been funded by the Palm Healthcare Foundation.