Simulation Center

The mission of the IUPUC Simulation Center is to promote quality patient care and safe health care practices, and to prepare learners for practice.  Indiana University Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC) Simulation Center meets regional experiential education and training needs through innovation, collaboration, and community engagement while preparing learners for a global workforce.  The center provides evidence-based practices rooted in a welcoming and safe environment with a focus on the development of clinical skills and judgment, empathy, and competent intercultural communication.  Learner participants are prepared to become critical and innovative thinkers and culturally sensitive, knowledgeable practitioners.

The vision of the IUPUC Simulation Center is to lead with excellence using education in simulation, innovation, and by close collaboration with key educational, business, and civic partners to be a regional site for multiple disciplines dedicated to the advancement of quality healthcare and to addressing the social determinants of health in the region.

The IUPUC Simulation Center reflects the Core Values of the Division of Health Sciences which are Collaboration, Integrity, Quality, and Respect.  The center accomplishes this by providing evidence-based practices rooted in a welcoming and safe environment with a focus on the development of clinical skills, empathy, and competent intercultural communication.