SIM-ND
Simulation In Motion - North Dakota (SIM-ND) provides on-site training to Critical Access Hospitals, EMS units, and other medical providers across North Dakota.
Since 2013, SIM-ND has been bringing hands-on training to healthcare workers throughout North Dakota, from rural paramedics and firefighters to national guardsmen, medical residents, and physicians. This program, Simulation In Motion - North Dakota (SIM-ND), is a statewide, mobile education system using high fidelity human patient simulators to train pre-hospital and hospital personnel. The program does so using four 44-foot mobile simulation lab trucks that offer two separate simulation spaces and provide versatile and unique learning opportunities. With the help of high-fidelity human simulators, SIM-ND can immerse learners in a safe but realistic learning environment.
Initially funded by a grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, SIM-ND began as a partnership between UND, North Dakota’s six tertiary hospitals in Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Minot, and the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHS). Today, the program maintains relationships with the DHS and three of North Dakota’s major health providers: Altru Health System, Essentia Health (Fargo), and Sanford Health (Fargo).