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Sim Center

SimLEARN staff provide training scenarios for VA staff, medical schools, higher learning institutions and other key stakeholders.

Mission

The mission of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Simulation Center is to enhance Veteran care by leveraging innovative simulation-based education to identify performance gaps, strengthen team readiness, and drive improvements in patient safety and clinical outcomes."

Vision

Our vision for the future is to transform healthcare delivery for Veterans by becoming a premier center for simulation innovation, where needs‑driven curricula, empowered instructors, and outcome‑focused training elevate the quality and safety of care.

Activities of the VHA SimLEARN Simulation Center

  1. Development and delivery of national simulation-based training curricula
  2. Coordination and support of Veterans Integrated Service Network and medical center simulation-based training programs and feedback on local curricula
  3. Train-the-trainer programs*
  4. Train-the-provider programs*
  5. Development of virtual environments and virtual patients to support health care education and training
  6. Simulation technology innovation, evaluation and development
  7. Simulation technology technical support
  8. Management of VHA’s Resuscitation Education Initiative, or REdI, a national simulation-based training program in coordination with the American Heart Association for internal training of Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certifications
  9. VISN acquisition of simulation equipment
  10. Educational research


Sim Center Staff

Quentin Hart, MSN, RN, CHSE

Simulation Coordinator

VISN 5 HSA 5.2 Simulation Co-Chair

SimLEARN Adjunct Faculty

Bonnie Barti, MAEd/ BA./CHSOS-A/CHSOS/CHMS/CHSE 

Simulation Operationalist

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