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Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center opens new $1.8 million simulation lab to expand health‑care training
Summary
The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center unveiled a high‑fidelity simulation lab funded with roughly $1.8 million to train nurses, nurse anesthetists, pharmacy and EMT students; partners including VCU said the lab will reduce travel to Richmond and better align students with clinical equipment they will use on the job.
The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center announced a new high‑fidelity simulation laboratory funded with about $1,800,000 and scheduled for a public ribbon cutting on March 26, officials said.
Executive Director David Matlock told board members the center secured the money to build the lab and that it will support interdisciplinary training across nursing, pharmacy, anesthesia and emergency medical services. "We secured $1,800,000 to to to build a simulation lab," Matlock said during the board meeting.
The lab includes advanced mannequins and room configurations that simulate an operating room, ICU, ambulance and labor‑and‑delivery suite. Michael (Mike) Cameron, a representative from…
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