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Leading-Edge Training at the Patient Safety & Clinical Competency Center
Our Patient Safety and Clinical Competency Center (PSCCC) houses an incredible collection of simulation and clinical training resources to educate students and health care professionals in a safe and dynamic setting. This facility is a critical component of our commitment to the highest standards of patient safety.
Using lifelike manikins and other modern training tools, as well as interacting with standardized patients to simulate patient exams and consultations, learners practice hands-on medicine in a safe but realistic medical setting. The PSCCC allows learners to develop diagnostic and clinical skills, cultivate communication skills, and work effectively on a medical team. This happens with supervision and mentoring from experienced faculty.
Introducing learners to these immersive simulated medical scenarios early in their education reinforces what they learn in the classroom and provides solid preparation for clinical practice.
Features
Simulation Technology
The facility offers a wealth of training tools, featuring Laerdal SimMan manikins. The manikins have a wide range of lifelike physiological features.
Using an innovative audio and video capture platform, activities in the PSCCC are recorded and videos are made available to learners and faculty.
A multi-purpose procedure room can be divided into four separate bays, including an operating room, an intensive care unit, and a trauma center. It can also be opened for large-scale training exercises.
Outside of the center, the PSCCC uses in situ simulation, providing simulated scenarios in a clinical setting to improve quality and safety of patient care.
Task Training
The PSCCC's sophisticated Task Training Room provides access to a wide range of training tools with a concentration in hands-on skill building. This includes ultrasound training, IV insertion, anatomical models, physical exam trainers, suture techniques, central line placement, airway management, fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery, endoscopy, lumbar puncture, and more.
Standardized Patients
Albany Medical College's Standardized Patient program is one of the most established and robust in the nation. The program helps future physicians and other health care professionals build good communication skills.
Standardized patients are people who are hired and trained to realistically portray the roles of patient, family member, and health care provider in a variety of clinical situations. They work with learners of all levels and provide assessment and feedback of the learners’ nonverbal behaviors, interpersonal skills, and communication skills.
Contact Us
If you are interested in becoming a standardized patient, contact us at
[email protected]
. You can also search for Standardized Patients on the
Albany Med Health System Careers pages
.
Contact Us
Feel free to reach out to us with questions:
518-262-6645
Fax: 518-262-6128
Annette Grajny, MD, MS-HPEd
Medical Director, PSCCC
Associate Dean for Simulation Education
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
[email protected]
Heather Frenz, MS, CHSE
Executive Director, PSCCC
[email protected]
Wendy Besch
Standardized Patient Program Supervisor
[email protected]
Kathleen Hundt, RN
Associate Course Leader, Clinical Skills
[email protected]
Alyson LaPan, MS
Standardized Patient Program Supervisor
[email protected]
Andrea Mammina
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
Jack McAvoy
Simulation Technologist
[email protected]
Clayton Rardon
Standardized Patient Program Assistant
[email protected]
Daniel Shovlin
Simulation Technologist
[email protected]
Patient Safety & Clinical Competency Center
Simulation Center
Albany Medical College
47 New Scotland Ave., MC-33
Albany, NY 12208
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Simulation Center
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Patients & Families
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Simulation Center
Simulation Center
Leading-Edge Training at the Patient Safety & Clinical Competency Center
Our Patient Safety and Clinical Competency Center (PSCCC) houses an incredible collection of simulation and clinical training resources to educate students and health care professionals in a safe and dynamic setting. This facility is a critical component of our commitment to the highest standards of patient safety.
Using lifelike manikins and other modern training tools, as well as interacting with standardized patients to simulate patient exams and consultations, learners practice hands-on medicine in a safe but realistic medical setting. The PSCCC allows learners to develop diagnostic and clinical skills, cultivate communication skills, and work effectively on a medical team. This happens with supervision and mentoring from experienced faculty.
Introducing learners to these immersive simulated medical scenarios early in their education reinforces what they learn in the classroom and provides solid preparation for clinical practice.
Features
Simulation Technology
The facility offers a wealth of training tools, featuring Laerdal SimMan manikins. The manikins have a wide range of lifelike physiological features.
Using an innovative audio and video capture platform, activities in the PSCCC are recorded and videos are made available to learners and faculty.
A multi-purpose procedure room can be divided into four separate bays, including an operating room, an intensive care unit, and a trauma center. It can also be opened for large-scale training exercises.
Outside of the center, the PSCCC uses in situ simulation, providing simulated scenarios in a clinical setting to improve quality and safety of patient care.
Task Training
The PSCCC's sophisticated Task Training Room provides access to a wide range of training tools with a concentration in hands-on skill building. This includes ultrasound training, IV insertion, anatomical models, physical exam trainers, suture techniques, central line placement, airway management, fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery, endoscopy, lumbar puncture, and more.
Standardized Patients
Albany Medical College's Standardized Patient program is one of the most established and robust in the nation. The program helps future physicians and other health care professionals build good communication skills.
Standardized patients are people who are hired and trained to realistically portray the roles of patient, family member, and health care provider in a variety of clinical situations. They work with learners of all levels and provide assessment and feedback of the learners’ nonverbal behaviors, interpersonal skills, and communication skills.
Contact Us
If you are interested in becoming a standardized patient, contact us at
[email protected]
. You can also search for Standardized Patients on the
Albany Med Health System Careers pages
.
Contact Us
Feel free to reach out to us with questions:
518-262-6645
Fax: 518-262-6128
Annette Grajny, MD, MS-HPEd
Medical Director, PSCCC
Associate Dean for Simulation Education
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
[email protected]
Heather Frenz, MS, CHSE
Executive Director, PSCCC
[email protected]
Wendy Besch
Standardized Patient Program Supervisor
[email protected]
Kathleen Hundt, RN
Associate Course Leader, Clinical Skills
[email protected]
Alyson LaPan, MS
Standardized Patient Program Supervisor
[email protected]
Andrea Mammina
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
Jack McAvoy
Simulation Technologist
[email protected]
Clayton Rardon
Standardized Patient Program Assistant
[email protected]
Daniel Shovlin
Simulation Technologist
[email protected]
Patient Safety & Clinical Competency Center
Simulation Center
Albany Medical College
47 New Scotland Ave., MC-33
Albany, NY 12208
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Education
Academic Departments
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Dual Degree Programs
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Master of Science in Bioethics
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The AMBI-Department of Pastoral Care Dual Graduate Certificate Program
Basic Science (MS, PhD)
Immunology and Microbial Disease
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics
Regenerative & Cancer Cell Biology
Clinical Investigation
About - Clinical Investigation
Curriculum - Clinical Investigation
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CME
Master of Science in Human Anatomy
About - Human Anatomy
Curriculum - Human Anatomy
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Curriculum - MD
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About - PA
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Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship
Allergy & Immunology Fellowship
Anesthesiology Residency
Cardiology Fellowship
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Complex Family Planning Fellowship
Diagnostic Radiology Residency
Emergency Medicine Residency
EMS Fellowship
Endocrinology Fellowship
Epilepsy Fellowship
Family Medicine Residency
Family Medicine Residency - Saratoga Hospital
Fellowships Homepage
Gastroenterology Fellowship
General Surgery Residency
Geriatric Medicine Fellowship
Hematopathology Fellowship
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship - Saratoga Hospital
Integrated Interventional Radiology Residency
Internal Medicine Residency
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship
Med-Peds Residency
Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship (Non-ACGME)
Movement Disorders Fellowship (Non-ACGME)
Neonatology Fellowship
Nephrology Fellowship
Neuroendovascular Fellowship
Neurology Residency
Neurophysiology Fellowship
Neurosurgery Residency
OBGYN Residency
Ophthalmology Residency
Orthopedic Surgery Residency
Otolaryngology Residency
Pain Medicine Fellowship
Pathology Residency
Pediatrics Residency
Pharmacy Residency (Non-ACGME)
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Physician Assistant - ED Fellowship (Non-ACGME)
Plastic Surgery Residency
Post-Doctorate Clinical Psychology Fellowship (Non-ACGME)
Psychiatry Residency
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
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Residencies Homepage
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Resuscitation & Emergency Critical Care Fellowship (Non-ACGME)
Rheumatology Fellowship
Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Fellowship
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery Fellowship
Urological Surgery Residency
Vascular Neurology Fellowship
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Vascular Surgery Residency
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Not a student? Find information for:
Patients & Families
Job Seekers
Health Care Professionals
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