Ghazvini Center for Healthcare Education

Your Healthcare Career Starts Here

TCC's Ghazvini Center devotes more than 85,000 square feet of learning space to:

• Emergency medical services
• Nursing
• Radiologic technology
• Respiratory care
• Pharmacy technology
• Surgical technology

The Center is located in the heart of Tallahassee's medical corridor next to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, and it is equipped with cutting-edge technology that allows students to strengthen and apply their skills in simulated real-time settings.

The Center houses classrooms, conference rooms, an onsite Library and Learning Commons, laboratory spaces, an accredited simulation center, a computer lab, and administrative offices.

Simulation Center

Welcome to the Simulation Center.

Our simulation center is comprised of two wings and is located on the second (main) floor of the Ghazvini Center for Healthcare Education. These state-of-the-art facilities are used for training future and current healthcare professionals.

There is a total of twelve simulation rooms, seven control rooms, two HeartCode® rooms, and six debriefing rooms. The simulation suites are designed as hospital rooms and provide real-life simulated experiences for the students in the Nursing, Emergency Medical Services, Respiratory Care, and Dental Health programs. Each hospital room is equipped with the latest generation of Gaumard, CAE, or Laerdal Patient Simulators. Each manikin is unique and presents different features for training our students on specific skills.

There are 28 adult, two pediatric, three infant, and one maternal simulators. These simulators allow staff to present different scenarios to students to practice caring for patients with various health conditions in a safe zone to improve patient safety and prepare students to provide care in clinical settings.

In addition to the patient simulators, four complete HeartCode® systems allow students to obtain BLS and ACLS certification for healthcare providers.

*If you have any questions or would like to reserve the Simulation Center, please contact Sheila Chapel.

Benefits of Simulation:

• Orients students to new equipment/procedures
• Promotes critical thinking without the potential for patient harm
• Enhances technical skills without risks to patients
• Provides a means of patient-centered interdisciplinary training
• Allows identification and provision of appropriate care for rare conditions
• Enhances the ability to prioritize care
• Allows for evaluation of patient response to care provided
• Improves patient safety and outcomes in a supportive environment

Simulators

Courses Offered