The annual event gives staff hands-on opportunities to practice clinical scenarios, strengthen teamwork and communication, and enhance patient safety in a controlled learning environment
Our Bureau
Brooklyn, NY
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County held its annual Simulation Week, providing hospital staff and learners with opportunities to practice clinical skills and learn more about the role of simulation in healthcare.
As part of the week, the hospital’s Simulation Center hosted a Simulation Fair featuring hands-on demonstrations across a range of clinical areas, including trauma, behavioral health, OB/GYN and nursing. Participants engaged with simulation equipment and training scenarios that showcased how healthcare teams prepare for a variety of patient-care situations.
The Simulation Fair also brought together staff, learners, patients and families, giving members of the Kings County Hospital community an opportunity to experience simulation training firsthand and learn more about the work of the Simulation Center. The event highlighted the collaboration among different areas of the hospital and the people involved in preparing teams for patient care.
Simulation training provides healthcare professionals with a safe, controlled environment to practice responding to challenging situations. It allows participants to reinforce clinical skills, strengthen communication and collaboration, and prepare for situations they may encounter in patient care. The event also highlighted the staff and educators who support simulation-based learning at Kings County Hospital and the Simulation Center’s role in providing training opportunities across the hospital.
“Healthcare Simulation Week reminds us that excellence in patient care starts with practice. Our Simulation Health Fair brought teams together to learn, strengthen skills, and support safer, higher-quality care,” said Sheldon McLeod, Chief Executive Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County. “At NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, we train with purpose because every moment of readiness can make a difference in a patient’s life. We are proud to celebrate the dedicated teams preparing today to deliver safer, stronger care tomorrow.”
“Simulation has been essential in fields like aviation, where pilots train for rare and high-risk scenarios before facing them in real life, and medicine must embrace that same commitment to preparation,” said Andrew G. Winer, MD, FACS, Director of Robotic Surgery at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County. “At Kings County, simulation allows our teams to practice critical skills, strengthen communication, and learn in a safe environment, ultimately preparing us to deliver safer, higher-quality care to the patients and communities we serve.”
“Healthcare Simulation Week is an important opportunity to showcase the value simulation brings to our hospital, the patients and the families we serve,” said Dr. Rajesh Verma, Chief Medical Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County. “Our Simulation Center’s September 15 Simulation Fair highlighted our commitment to innovative training and education, featuring hands-on demonstrations across a range of clinical areas; trauma, behavioral health, OB/GYN, and nursing, just to name a few. Bringing staff, learners, patients, and families together gave our community a firsthand look at how we prepare our teams to deliver safe, high-quality, and equitable care. We are proud to recognize the dedicated people who make this work possible and to celebrate simulation as an essential part of advancing patient safety and excellence in care.”