The Center for Simulation and Innovation is a state-of-the-art, multimillion dollar mock clinical facility for students and the community. The educational Center is a resource for all of Arizona, fulfilling a mission to continually improve health care. The Center is one of the largest centers of dedicated simulation space at any university in the United States.
The 33,000 square-foot facility is housed in three wings with 14 fully equipped mock hospital rooms and sophisticated high fidelity and virtual reality equipment.
The Center, which opened in July of 2012, provides interdisciplinary medical education through the use of mockup scenarios and procedure-based training; thus reducing medical errors and improving the quality of care, positively affecting the residents of Arizona and beyond.