Simulation Center
About Our Medical Simulation Training
IllinoisCOM’s simulation-based education transcends traditional equipment-focused training with a developmental journey that transforms students into practice-ready physicians. Our approach integrates cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning domains through progressively complex clinical scenarios that mirror the challenges of patient care.
The Simulation Center functions as a learning laboratory where students develop clinical reasoning skills, professional identity, and patterns of thinking essential for comprehensive clinical practice. By creating a culture of reflective practice and continuous improvement, we prepare our students not just for their first day of clinical rotations, but for a lifetime of excellence in patient care.
Our program’s simulation training emphasizes the following:
- Deliberate Practice: Structured opportunities for repetitive performance of intended cognitive and psychomotor skills.
- Feeback Integration: Immediate, specific faculty guidance that drives continuous improvement.
- Progressive Complexity: Carefully calibrated increases in scenario difficulty that match students’ developmental readiness.
- Reflective Practice: Guided debriefing sessions to foster the metacognitive skills essential for lifelong learning.
Explore the Simulation Center
High-Fidelity Patient Simulators
The Simulation Center features a comprehensive range of patient simulators, from task trainers for procedural skills to high-fidelity manikins that breathe, blink, and respond physiologically to interventions. Their ability to replicate diverse patient presentations enables structured practice of escalating difficulty, allowing students to progress from basic skills practice to complex scenarios.