Intermountain Simulation Program Purpose

The purpose of the Intermountain Simulation Program is to provide innovative and evidence-based healthcare services through the use of simulation technology and learning principles.

The Intermountain Simulation Program will provide:

  • Optimal settings for team training in communication, clinical judgment, and leadership using the principles of Crisis Resource Management (communication, coordination, collaboration) to enhance operational effectiveness in a crisis situation, prevent errors, and promote patient safety.
  • Realistic simulation training to engage learners in an atmosphere consistent with current adult learning theories.
  • An environment to bridge the divide between the culture of medicine and the beliefs and practices that make up patients’ value systems, to enhance patient education and satisfaction.
  • System integration simulation to enhance new computer documentation systems and electronic workflow processes.
  • Simulation-based research to understand the etiology of critical events, test new processes, and understand workflow to promote patient safety, regulatory, and/or compliance requirements.

    • Principles:

  • We treat others the way we want to be treated.
  • We accept responsibility for our actions, attitudes, and mistakes.
  • We act with integrity and can count on each other.
  • We do our best at all times and look for ways to improve.