title: Financing a Simulation Center.
abstract: As simulation-based training has become established within medical and health professional disciplines, skills training laboratories have become a standard in surgery training programs. In 2008, the American College of Surgeons and Association of Program Directors in Surgery developed a simulation-based surgical skills curriculum; the Residency Review Committee for Surgery of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education mandated access to skills laboratories for all surgery programs. Establishing a surgical skills laboratory and adapting the training curriculum requires a significant amount of resources. This article discusses the financial aspects of establishing a training center, from funding opportunities to budgeting considerations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2040 West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89102, USA. Electronic address: stsuda@medicine.nevada.edu.
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, 2040 West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89102, USA.
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohsin
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002202:Capital Financing / Q000191:economics*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation / Q000191:economics*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000191:economics*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000191:economics* / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008348:Manikins
keywords: Costs; Education; Finance; Funding; Simulation center; Skills laboratory; Surgery; Training