New Simulation Lab Opens At HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital

SARASOTA, FL — HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital recently opened its new Internal Medicine Graduate Medical Education space.

The 3,000-square-foot space includes a high-tech classroom, a procedural lab with dozens of artificial limbs for training, and a high fidelity, state-of-the-art simulation lab with a SimMan simulator, according to a news release. The SimMan will have an EKG, which monitors vital signs, a bronchoscope and other life-mirroring options for residents to use in training.

The space also includes sleeping and relaxation areas.

Twelve internal medicine residents from around the world are part of the Graduate Medical Education program’s inaugural class.