Simulation: person, device, or set of conditions which attempts to present evaluation problems authentically.
Simulation can take many forms:
- Simulation of decision/patient/space
- High-fidelity
- Human-based simulation (standardized patients)
- Manikin-based sim
- Virtual simulation
- Screen-based
- Headset-based
- Low-fidelity
- Task trainers
- Manikin-based sim
- Problem-based learning
- Oral examination
- High-fidelity
UK Resources
- UK HealthCare Simulation Center:
- Includes high-fidelity simulators in acute care settings
- Procedure trainers
- Large debriefing space (up to 20 students)
- Email: UKHCSimCenter@uky.edu
- College of Nursing Clinical Simulation and Learning Center:
- Includes one high-fidelity simulator in an acute care setting
- Small debriefing room (3-4 students)
- Email: bonita.moore2@uky.edu
- College of Medicine Standardized Patient Program:
- Includes trained actors to act as standardized patients in outpatient setting
- Computer lab for documentation or other purposes
- Email: gina.wesley@uky.edu
- Michael D. Rankin Health Education Building:
- Will include a large number of high-fidelity manikins in acute care settings (2 rooms allotted for CHS)
- Large debriefing space (20 students)
- Outpatient spaces for OSCEs or SP exams
Web Resources
Information about simulation/training:
- American Council of Academic Physical Therapy Simulation
- Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator
- International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare 2026
- Society for Simulation in Healthcare
Web-based simulation applications: