Welcome to Glamorgan Clinical Simulation Centre
The Tramsheds building was officially opened by the Rt.Hon Rodhri Morgan, AM, First Minister of Welsh Assembly Government on the 24th January 2003. The Glamorgan Clinical Simulation Centre (GCSC) is located inside the newly refurbished Tramsheds building and was officially opened by Dr. Brian Gibbons AM, Minister for Health & Social Services, Welsh Assembly Government on the 10th May 2006.
Based in the Faculty of Health Sport and Science, the centre provides a well equipped, state of the art facility which can replicate a range of clinical settings. These are fully equipped and include:
- Two four bedded bays, with a nurses station, sluice area and clean area
- A paediatric cubicle
- A paediatric high dependency area
- An intensive care area with adjoining debriefing room
- A maternity suite
- Three ultrasound rooms
- A physiological suite and clinical skills room
- An Audio-Visual suite
- A simulator Control Room with one-way viewing window
The centre has twenty one low to high fidelity programmable patient simulators which can create clinical simulation experiences for neonatal, paediatric and adult care, including care of the pregnant female. The simulators are used in conjunction with real clinical equipment such as monitors, intravenous infusion pumps, ventilators and defibrillators and provide an authentic clinical experience which focuses on the participants’ learning needs.
Each area of the Centre is equipped with state of the art audiovisual equipment which facilitates recording of clinical scenarios and production of learning, teaching and assessment materials. General purpose teaching rooms are also available and can be used for debriefing and break-out sessions.
The Centre is well established and has a successful track record of facilitating the acquisition of clinical skills, the application of knowledge in health care and management interventions, and of education through the medium of clinical simulation. The Centre provides an environment that is authentic and clinically challenging.
Our state of the art Glamorgan clinical simulation centre is set up to replicate an acute care NHS environment, providing realistic clinical facilities for our Nursing and Midwifery students and qualified healthcare professionals. The centre provides training for a wide range of healthcare professionals such as anaesthetists, junior doctors, medical students, nurse practitioners, ODPs, paramedics, paediatricians, specialist nurse organ donation donor teams and the Territorial Army Medical Service.
Plus – if you can’t come to us we can come to you! The centres’ mobile simulation team can also transport simulators to outside establishments to perform bespoke in-situ training days.
