Prime Minister Carney’s tour of the thriving uOSSC – one of the busiest and most diverse centres of its kind in North America – included a glimpse of various state-of-the-art patient simulators, such as operating-room replicas with computer-driven manikins recreating patient care in hospitals, and virtual-reality training modules.
The Centre’s cutting-edge resources are all designed to give medical students, residents and allied health professionals immersive, hands-on experience in critical care, emergency response and inter-professional teamwork.
In one learning activity, Prime Minister Carney used a laparoscopic tool to perform a simulated procedure intended to help surgeons-in-training.
The high-level Nov. 6 visit to The University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre -- born out of a partnership between the University and The Ottawa Hospital – included Minister of Health Marjorie Michel, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, and several members of parliament.
Dr. Jason Frank, a clinician-educator who is founding director of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine’s Centre for Innovation in Medical Education and interim vice-president of medical education at The Ottawa Hospital, had the opportunity to accompany the delegation during their tour and highlighted the extensive training and practice learners benefit from to ensure the highest standards of patient care.
“It was an honour to welcome Prime Minister Carney, Mayor Sutcliffe and other elected officials to one of the most dynamic and innovative centres for medical education in the country, and to give them a first-hand look at how our learners hone their skills through highly realistic simulation experiences,” Dr. Frank says.