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Center for Medical Education and Innovation


The Center for Medical Education and Innovation (CME&I) uses high-tech equipment and simulation to improve the way healthcare professionals learn. Just as simulation training has changed the aviation industry, this type of education will revolutionize medical education and Riverside is at the forefront of:
  • Improving patient safety;
  • Training the entire clinical team including physicians, nurses and allied health professionals;
  • Recruiting and retaining the best clinical talent;
  • Leading development and evaluation of new medical technologies;
  • Using human patient simulators that have more than 70,000 physiological responses.

    At the heart of the CME&I is a Virtual Care Unit (VCU) so advanced it is the first of its kind outside of the military. The VCU TM enables real patient care – the only thing simulated is the patient. The settings – including an OR, trauma room or disaster/mass casualty environment – are real, as are the equipment and supplies. This high-tech approach allows medical professionals to train on fundamental skills and new technologies/procedures, while the human patient simulators transmit the clinician’s actions to a computer so the actions and clinical results can be reviewed and analyzed for enhanced learning and improved patient safety.

    Riverside’s GMEC has provided $5 million in initial funding to develop the Center and will partner with the OhioHealth Foundation to secure additional funds through philanthropy. CME&I is on the 4th floor of the McConnell Heart Hospital.

    Riverside Family Medicine residents use CME&I for a variety of purposes. Besides taking part in weekly multidisciplinary conferences in the main conference area, Family Medicine residents use the Virtual Care Unit to develop skills managing office emergencies, side-by-side with RFPC nursing staff. In the Laboratory Skills Center, Family Medicine residents gain practice in airway management, pelvic examinations, and critical care procedures.

    See more about CME&I.



    CME&I In the News

    Columbus Dispatch - 11/12/2004
    American Medical News - 12/6/2004

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