The Clinical Skills Education and Assessment Center's Procedures Lab . . .
. . . is a learning space for students, residents and medical trainees from all different fields of study to have the opportunity to practice a wide variety of procedures, from drawing blood to starting iv's to defibrillation to laparoscopies to codes to colonoscopies . . .
The Procedures Lab is used by all four years of medical school, as well as by the hospital for residency programs, and it is incorporated into the curriculum of several other colleges, such as Pharmacy and Allied Health.
Faculty run several established practice sessions in the lab for different rotations, but students are really encouraged to initiate the opportunity to practice procedures they'd like to learn more about.
The staff recognizes that medical students' and residents' schedules are not always on the eight-to-five schedule, so they are happy to accomodate a student's session for when it may be convenient for him/her. Many student-run interest groups organize sessions to be held in the lab for people to learn how to, for example, intubate a patient. Often times, students come in to the Center as First Years excited to get some hands on experience. All sessions and materials are free to medical students and residents.
Please see the complete list of simulators for any practice sessions you might like to set up.
In addition to the millions of dollars of simulators and supplies, the Procedures Lab has video teleconferencing capabilities, where surgeries happening anywhere in the world can be shown live on the Center's plasmas. In this scenario, OSU medical trainees can watch the surgeries, with one screen showing the physician working on the patient from a bird's eye view, and the other screen will show what the camera sees inside of the patient. The trainees can then speak with the phsyician as she/he is performing the procedure.
The Center's Procedures Lab Manager welcomes the opportunity to work with trainees and faculty on any of these projects.
Please feel free to call Stacy Baker at (614) 688.7988 about any procedures you'd like to practice, any simulators you'd like to work on, or any surgeries you'd like to see.