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The Interdepartmental Training Center at Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, founded in 2018, is a cutting-edge medical simulation facility that offers advanced training opportunities for medical students. Designed to improve practical medical education, this state-of-the-art training center combines theoretical knowledge, hands-on clinical skills, and real-world healthcare experience. Various medical simulation scenarios help students get essential experience in emergency care, obstetrics, functional diagnostics, and others. In such a way, they can prepare for the challenges of a modern medical setting.

 

The Training Center consists of multiple departments designed to simulate real hospital settings, ensuring students gain real experience in diverse medical fields. 

 

 

The department is designed to replicate a delivery room, equipped with advanced simulators like Noelle, which can simulate both normal and complicated childbirth scenarios, including different fetal positions. A realistic abdominal simulator allows students to practice Leopold's maneuvers. Additionally, students train with phantoms to perform clinical examinations of the lacteal gland under normal and pathological conditions and to practice bimanual gynecological examinations. This department prepares students to confidently manage challenges they may encounter during intrapartum care.

 

 

This unit is equipped with simulators representing children of various ages, from newborns to teenagers. These dummies help students learn pediatric physical examination techniques and manage emergency conditions preparing them to deal with real-life pediatric cases effectively.

 

 

In this department, students practice emergency response techniques using high-fidelity dummies like Stat Manikin, Code Blue III Adult, and Simon. Students can master such skills as defibrillation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), pulse monitoring, ECG recording, and patient vital function monitoring with these technologies. The realistic environment also allows learners to refine their decision-making under stressful conditions.

 

 

This department mirrors the layout of a hospital ward and is equipped with high-fidelity dummies like Susie S2000 and Code Blue Adult. Using them students observe cyanosis, evaluate pupillary reactions, conduct heart, lung, and abdominal auscultation, measure arterial blood pressure, and monitor vital signs. The department also features telemedicine technology, enabling students to practice providing remote consultations and diagnoses.

 

 

This department includes a unique car accident simulator that allows students to practice rescuing injured individuals, stopping bleeding, immobilizing broken limbs or spines, and calming distressed relatives. A fully equipped PEUGEOT Boxer ambulance (Type C) gives additional training in emergency medical care. Such training assures students are well-prepared for real-world emergency scenarios.

 

 

A standout feature of the center, the 3D Disaster Simulation Room, immerses students in realistic disaster scenarios such as fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorist attacks, and battlefield conditions. Video projection and audio effects create a sense of urgent need. Dummies with burns, gunshot wounds, blast injuries, and severed limbs provide an opportunity for students to practice triage and emergency care under extreme conditions.

 

 

The simulated operating room allows students to improve their surgical skills using the advanced surgical dummy Chloe S2100. This simulator supports laparoscopic and laparotomic procedures, as well as heart and lung auscultation, ECG analysis, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and intubation with ventilator support. These exercises prepare interns for real-life surgical environments.

 

 

This department provides students with hands-on experience using real medical equipment, including ultrasound scanners (Esaote MyLab 40 and CBit 8), an electroencephalograph (Neurocom), a spirometer (Spirolab III), and combined ECG and arterial pressure monitors (Cardiosense AD). Students work with real patients under supervision. They perform extensive diagnostic procedures to get valuable clinical experience before graduation.

 

 

The center offers a simulated ambulance equipped with advanced technology for emergency care. Here, students and interns practice treating trauma patients, ensuring proper evacuation, stopping bleeding, immobilizing injuries, and managing acute pain. This comprehensive training prepares them for real-life medical emergencies.

 

The Interdepartmental Training Center at Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University combines advanced simulation technology with a realistic clinical environment. By offering hands-on training across various medical fields, the center ensures that future healthcare professionals are well-prepared to face real-world challenges with skill and confidence. Its ultimate goal is to produce highly qualified specialists,  who can deliver exceptional patient care.