In the heart of the new Forth Valley Royal Hospital, the Scottish Centre for Simulation & Clinical Human Factors is a state-of-the-art multi-professional training facility and the only high fidelity simulation centre in Scotland. It was established in 1998 and is increasingly recognised as a pivotal part of training a safe and capable healthcare workforce.

The centre boasts a range of mid and high fidelity mannequins including adult, child, baby and neonatal simulators. Courses are run for all levels of healthcare personnel and a range of specialities, including emergency medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics and anaesthetics. The high-tech “robots” are used to simulate a range of medical conditions, including heart attacks and convulsions and the course participants’ actions are monitored and recorded. The participants then take part in a facilitated debrief where their decision-making and actions are analysed in order to see why things went well or perhaps were challenging.

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