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Simulated Patients for Education, Assessment, & Research (SPEAR)

The Simulated Patient Education Research Center is the primary healthcare simulation resource for the healthcare training programs of »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓÆµ. 

The Mission

To provide »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓÆµ health professions programs with the environment and expertise necessary to design, develop, implement, and evaluate high-quality simulation-based education.

The Vision

To serve as an internationally recognized and accredited center of excellence, leading both the application and discovery of best practices in health professions simulation to ensure a safe learning environment, conduct valid and reliable assessments, and advance research to, ultimately, improve patient safety and outcomes.  

Who We Are

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Standardized Patient Program

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Teaching in Medical Education Simulation (TIMES)

Activity Scheduling Timeline & Contact

Please schedule by the following deadlines for priority consideration.

Spring Deadline

  • October 15th

Summer Deadline

  • February 15th

Fall Deadline

  • May 15th

Contact Us

Spear Center

 Health Sciences Campus

706-721-9945

1301 R.A. Dent Blvd
Augusta, GA 30901

spear@augusta.edu

SPEAR Activity Scheduling Timeline & Contact

We serve many different disciplines including nursing, medicine, allied health, and dentistry.

We offer the full spectrum of simulation services including high fidelity simulation, standardized patients, skills labs and procedural training. Course and faculty development services are also available.

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Spear Highlights

 

Lakesside students do AU Simulation

Lakeside students practice real world skills at AU simulation center.

MCG creates medical simulation course for high school students

MCG's medical simulation course

Dr. Kumar

Anesthesiology CME Network

MCG students teaches scenario

Scenario teaches students to treat patients with intellectual disability

Portraying Patients

Portraying Patients at MCG

Dr. A.J. Kleinheksel

Dr. A.J. Kleinheksel earns advanced certification for simulation

Recent News

A professionally dressed person stands beside a medical manikin in a clinical operating room and smiles at the camera.

MCG faculty member recognized for work in educational simulation

A man in a suit stands at the head of a gurney holding an anesthesia mask to a dummy patient while a woman in a lab coat watches a screen to his left

Georgia senators visit university, tour labs in bid to find solutions for rural health care staffing shortages

Four medical students in scrubs stand around a simulation dummy while an instructor demonstrates a technique.

»Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓÆµ Interdisciplinary Simulation Center celebrates Healthcare Simulation Week

 

Simulated Patients for Education, Assessment, & Research (SPEAR)

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