WVU SIMULATION CENTER

The David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety (WV STEPS) offers students the ability to practice a variety of analytical, diagnostic and communication skills in a simulated environment with lifelike manikins that range from infancy to adulthood and real-life mock patients in the standardized patient program.

“Throughout our schooling, we are taught information about medications and how to communicate our knowledge to patients, but having the chance to work with standardized patients allows us to practice. We can put faces and lives to the concepts we learn, which is an important reminder that at the end of the day, we are rooted in patient care and doing all we can for real patients.”

Clara Lukomski Pharmacy Student