Stanford Hospital and Clinics

Goodman Simulation Center

2005-2007

The Goodman Simulation Center (formerly Center for Simulation in Medicine) is a joint project between the Stanford Hospital and the Stanford Medical School.

David Carroll Associates was engaged in a consulting capacity to review the existing, outdated program, interview the user group, revise the program and budget. We were then awarded a design-build contract for the construction and implementation of the project.

The facility has three main functional areas: Simulation, 3D Visualization, and Translational Research. The Simulation center provides resident training through an interactive, immersive environment that simulates medical situations to a high degree of realism. The 3D Visualization room will house a high performance SGI visual processor and a high resolution dual screen stereoscopic display for interactive viewing of realistic computer models. This room also doubles as a debriefing room for the simulation space. The Translational Research laboratory is a flexible space to allow resident skills training using various surgical skills simulators.

AV Technology at the Goodman Center

The Goodman Center relies heavily on AV technology for daily operations. DCA provided an architecture based on a two level video router (composite and RGBHV), a DSP based audio processor, a customized control system, and video recording software. The three activity rooms are fitted with remote control pan-tilt-zoom cameras, loudspeakers, microphones, and multiple displays. The system can be operated from any of the three functional areas: the main control room for recording situational simulations, the "operator" room for recording activities in the TRL or 3DV room, and from the 3DV room itself for presentation support.

Situational simulations are recorded with a multi-channel video system capable of four simultaneous full resolution channels for immediate debriefing in the "3D Vis" room. "Patient Data" generated by the simulator mannikin is recorded along with the student activities. Custom software provides annotation and synchronization control of the video recorders.

The 3DV room features two high resolution projectors to support the stereoscopic display of 3D datasets for vascular intervention simulations, run in the supercomputing center at the Clark Center on the other side of the Med School. The ultimate goal is to use these simulations as a part of pre-surgical planning to improve outcomes. The 3DV room doubles as the debriefing room for situational simulations recorded in the center. Students can analyze their own behavior in full life size living color!

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