In August 2004 NYCOM established the Institute for Clinical Competence (ICC). The ICC utilizes Standardized Patients, or SPs (lay people and actors), mannequin-based simulators and a staff trained in simulation and medical education and test development. We provide state of the art clinical learning and skills assessment of medical, nursing and health care students and hospital-based clinicians.

The ICC has two locations: NYCOM's Old Westbury Campus and St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, New York.

At the ICC in Old Westbury, our medical students and residents practice clinical skills with SPs trained to simulate medical conditions, document student performance, assess interpersonal communication and provide feedback to learners at every level. Students and clinicians also learn to interact as a team through the ICC's mannequin-based simulator program. At the end of each year all medical students are evaluated on their clinical skills proficiency and team interaction through objective structured clinical examinations, or OSCEs.

ICC resources include: 14 fully-equipped SP exam rooms, four mannequins (CAE Healthcare / METI HPS®, iStan® and PediaSIM® and Laedal SimMan®). Exam rooms and mannequin training labs are equipped with a, EMS® digital video, data collection and program management system.

The ICC at St. Barnabas Hospital focuses on training and assessment of students on clinical rotation and hospital staff through SPs and mannequins.

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M.S. in Health Care Simulation

The first such state-approved graduate degree program in the United States, this program prepares professionals for careers in the growing field of human patient simulation. Patient simulation educators use Standardized Patients, mannequin-based simulations, and computer-based simulations to ensure patient safety in clinical settings, teach and assess professional skills at medical and nursing schools, hospitals, and medical licensing boards, and manage patient simulation programs.

Graduates of the program will be prepared to:

• Manage and direct patient simulation centers and patient safety programs
• Develop simulation education courses and curricula
• Develop programs designed to assure quality in clinical settings
• Conduct and collaborate in innovative educational research.

Program highlights include:

• Hybrid didactic courses using the latest educational technology
• Self-directed learning projects
• Hands-on course workshops to prepare learners to work with Standardized Patients and Mannequin-based simulators
• Faculty advisors who are national experts in the human patient simulation field.

Curriculum

Contact

For more information about this program, please contact:

Anthony Errichetti, Ph.D.
Chief of Virtual Medicine
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Director, Institute For Clinical Competence
terriche@nyit.edu

ICC Staff

Anthony Errichetti, Ph.D.
Chief of Virtual Medicine
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Director, Institute For Clinical Competence
terriche@nyit.edu
516.686.3928