About SimPORTAL

SimPORTAL (Simulation PeriOperative Resource for Training and Learning) is the primary simulation training “portal,” or point of entry, for the procedurally oriented departments within the Medical School at the University of Minnesota. It arranges for, or directly provides space, equipment, technical and logistical support for educational activities involving technical skills and team training via simulation. Via the Center for Research in Education and Simulation Technologies (CREST), it also supplies research and evaluation capacity to support innovation in simulation equipment, tools, and processes as well as training curricula.

The mission of SimPORTAL is:
    "To augment the procedural training needs of medical professionals through leadership in the use and development of simulation resources."

How will we achieve this mission?

• By encouraging the implementation of criterion-based curricular reform.
• By providing a safe, interactive learning environment to pre-train, enrich and assess procedural concepts and skills.
• By providing a technologically enhanced facility focused on the practice and evaluation of team-based care.
• By the creation and validation of novel educational tools.
• By maintaining a collaborative spirit between and amongst Departments and Schools.
• By disseminating simulation training concepts to other institutions around the world.

View the organizational structure of SimPORTAL