Simulation Fellowship

About the Fellowship

The UC San Diego Simulation and Training Center is a state-of-the-art simulation facility utilized by numerous groups ranging from high school students to senior medical faculty to replicate real-life situations, master procedures, or safely train. Learning the intricacies of running a simulation center is complex. It involves expertise in both the principles of simulation education and business acumen.

Our simulation fellowship will guide fellows through a one-year curriculum providing advanced knowledge in medical simulation administration, design, research, and education. This goal will be delivered through one-on-one mentoring, class coursework, and hands-on training.

Requirements

• Must have completed a residency or fellowship in anesthesia, emergency medicine, or pediatric emergency medicine.
• Open to both foreign medical graduates and US-trained graduates.

Clinical Responsibilities

• US fellow salaries are funded through 0.5 FTE clinical requirements within their department.
• Foreign applicants are funded through thorough yearly tuition. Details will be provided upon application.

Educational Objectives

• Optimize scenario design and debriefing techniques
• Develop expertise in high- and low-fidelity simulation
• Develop, pilot, implement and refine simulation-based medical education scenarios for varied learner groups
• Acquire proficiency in simulation facilitation
• Gain skills implementing simulations across specialties and stages of learners in medicine
• Strengthen skills in clinical research techniques and data analysis through a formalized research training program
• Design and carry out simulation research, quality, or educational project with tangible scholarly output
• Conduct operations analysis of a large volume simulation center
• Attend leadership and operations training through the Rady School of Management

Simulation & Training Center Highlights

• Opportunities with 3D printing projects
• Augmented reality task trainer development
• Simulator and task trainer creation and the patent process
• Telesimulation of procedural skill master learning

Leadership