Nursing Simulation Lab
The Simulation Lab provides students with an innovative nursing education and prepares them to lead as health care providers.
The Bloomberg Nursing Simulation Lab (Sim Lab) is a state-of-the art facility, designed to improve access to controlled primary, acute care, and community health settings. This hands-on clinical environment provides flexible learning opportunities and prepares students to lead through innovation, creativity, compassion and critical inquiry.
Watch our Sim Lab Tour
This 4,000 square foot space is equipped with:
- an inpatient ward with twelve beds and a large nursing station
- a critical care unit with four patient beds
- the Bluma Appel Isolation Room, an isolation room with an ante- and exit room
- a full operating room
- a one-bed post-anaesthesia care unit
- a home care setting living space, that also works as an interview or ambulatory clinic room.
In the Sim Lab, students can study, practice and repeat techniques as often as necessary in order to fine-tune their skills and optimize clinical outcomes. This allows them to build their confidence and competence before using those skills in the field.
Through the support and expertise of clinical instructors, students learn both the technical skills required but also experiential learned skills, like teamwork, critical thinking, decision making and prioritization.
The Sim Lab is one of the most important spaces within our Faculty, with each and every one of our close to 500 undergraduate and nurse practitioner students making use of the lab.
When nurses graduate from Bloomberg Nursing, we are proud to say that they are both confident and competent; our Sim Lab and its simulators play a significant role in this achievement.
Interested in renting our Sim Lab facilities?
For a detailed map of the Simulation lab, see Sim Lab Floor Plan 2022 – [PDF].
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For general question or rental and booking enquires, please contact:
Chris Bergeron
Clinical Simulation Laboratory Coordinator
EmailThe Bloomberg Nursing Simulation Lab facility is available for rent on a recurrent basis (weekly/monthly), as well as for intermittent and one-time events. Located on College Street just west of University Avenue, our conveniently located state-of-the-art 4,000 square foot space is equipped with:
- an inpatient ward with eleven beds and a large nursing station
- a critical care unit with four patient beds
- the Bluma Appel Isolation Room, an isolation room with an ante- and exit room
- a home care setting living space, with accessible washroom and living space
- An interview or ambulatory clinic room
- pan-tilted zoom cameras and hanging microphones throughout the facility.
The Sim Lab can be used for a rich array of activities, including:
- Research studies requiring a simulated hospital
- Health-care equipment trials and demonstrations
- Media photo shoots
- Television & movie filming
- Hospital orientations
- Performance evaluations
- Mock codes
- Critical care education courses
- Implementation of research protocols
- Development and testing of instructional DVDs or film
- Clinical skill refresher courses requiring simulation
Organizations and groups both within and outside of the University of Toronto community are welcome to book the space.
Take a virtual photo tour of our Sim Lab.
For facility rental inquiries, please contact:
Chris Bergeron
Clinical Simulation Laboratory Coordinator
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