Medical mistakes kill 98,000 people each year in the United States.
One smart woman in Florida is trying to change the way doctors and nurses are trained so errors are less likely.
From the outside it looks like just another office building, but go inside and you'll see a newborn baby being resuscitated.
Down the hall a new nurse is learning the ropes.
And downstairs there is an injured soldier in the hybrid operating room, but none of these scenarios are real. It's a peek inside of a pretend hospital with a big purpose.
The CEO of University of South Florida's Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), Deborah Sutherland, says, "We're on the cutting edge in terms of a huge shift in the educational paradigm."
Sutherland is the brains behind the center. She says it's a one of a kind, one-stop shop for medical professionals.
"We can truly train on every type of new procedure that comes out,” says Sutherland.
Jackie Melton, CAMLS education specialist, says, "She really stuck to her guns on the ideas."
Sutherland says it’s unique because all of the hi-tech training rooms are under one roof.
"We have had visitors from over 60 countries, 4,300 visitors last year,” she says.
Sutherland created this hi-tech institute because she saw a dire need for training changes. She says there are too many medical mistakes so she thinks the apprenticeship-style of learning should be replaced with a competency-based model.
"{It's] Where we can assure performance and measure that performance against predetermined standards,” says Sutherland.
Registered nurse Camille Shine just finished her two-week training.
Shine says, "This is the closest you can get to being in a patient's hospital room."
Now Sutherland is hoping this new dose of training will be just what the nurses and doctors ordered.
Pharmacists and physical therapists can also train at CAMLS.
Along with continuing education, CAMLS is also used by the medical device industry for pre-clinical testing of new products.
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