Enhancing Healthcare Education Through World-Class Training Facilities and Advanced Technological Resources
At SingHealth Academy, healthcare education programmes are conducted using state-of-the-art training facilities and advanced medical equipment. For instance, the Simulation & Skills Centre at the Academy's premises is a multi-purpose training facility where dry skills simulation courses, virtual reality simulation exercises and theatre-style workshops are held.
Other high-technology facilities available across the SingHealth group of institutions include:
• Simulation rooms with high-fidelity manikins
• Wet and dry clinical skills laboratories
• Experimental surgery facilities
Basic teaching facilities consist of:
• Lecture halls
• Tutorial rooms
• Auditoriums
• Libraries
• Computer laboratories
Unveiling a New Chapter in Healthcare Education
Come 2012, the Academy will relocate to SingHealth’s new Pathology Building situated in the Outram Campus. The Academy’s training capabilities will expand significantly with these new training facilities:
Clinical Skills Labs
• Clinical Skills Wet Lab
• Clinical Skills Dry Lab
• Surgical Simulator Room
Simulation Labs
• CPR Skills Lab with 13 stations
• Manikin-based Simulation Rooms (for scenario/ICU training)
• Manikin-based OT Simulation Lab
• Human-factor Simulation Labs
• 4-bedded Ward Simulation
• Motion Simulation Lab
• Skills Simulation Lab
Training Rooms
• Auditorium (seating of 462)
• Seminar rooms
• Tutorial rooms
• Debriefing rooms
These rooms can accommodate up to 1,000 trainees in the event of large-scale conferences.
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