Simulation

Our Anesthesiology Simulation Center is located at the UC Irvine School of Medicine in Irvine, CA. This brand new $40 million dollar, 65,000 square foot, four-story telemedicine and simulation facility will provide simulation training and CME courses for thousands of health care providers each year. The simulation center includes a full scale operating room, emergency room trauma bay, obstetrics suite and critical care unit for simulation training. All UC Irvine residents (especially anesthesiology residents), UC Irvine medical students, and community physicians will have the opportunity to train in this state-of-the art facility starting in January 2010.

Since 2008, the UC Irvine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care has established a collaboration with the UCLA Simulation Center. Each month, UC Irvine faculty members have joined with UCLA faculty in teaching simulation sessions for anesthesiology residents from both institutions. Simulation provides a unique learning environment where anesthesiology residents can practice crisis management skills, teamwork, leadership and communication skills prior to independent practice. CA-1 Anesthesiology residents begin the first month of anesthesia with an introductory simulation session covering management of hemodynamic changes during anesthesia, management of hypoxemia and airway management skills. The Central Line Workshop in the first month allows CA-1 residents to practice internal jugular and subclavian central line insertion techniques under ultrasound guidance using the Blue Phantom central line simulator.

Director of Simulation

1. Sharon Lin, MD

Simulation Instructors

1. Abraham Rosenbaum, MD
2. Nathan Kudrick, MD
3. Christine Hollister, MD
4. Kimberly Gimenez, MD

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