BELTON, Texas—The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB) is excited to announce that its Clinical Simulation Learning Center received provisional accreditation status from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). Provisional status is granted until December 31, 2026, allowing time for the university to pursue full SSH accreditation for the simulation center.
“It’s an honor to be recognized by an international organization specializing in simulation,” said Dr. Jared McClure, UMHB’s director of Clinical Simulation Learning Center operations. “This recognition speaks to what we’ve put in place and accomplished so far and provides great credibility to our program while still giving us milestones to reach as we move toward full accreditation. We’re looking for those remaining pieces to fall into place over the next year.”
The mission of UMHB’s Clinical Simulation Learning Center is to engage students in a Christ-centered learning environment where they will develop the knowledge, skills, and interprofessional competencies to become leaders in the complex and dynamic environment of health sciences.
“We’re one of a handful of colleges or universities in Texas with this distinction for simulation centers. That’s something we’re very proud of,” McClure added. “We have many different programs working with us – nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, physician assistant – all within UMHB’s Mayborn College of Health Sciences. It’s our goal to serve all those programs well and bring them together to work in an interprofessional educational environment. That allows our students to benefit from those other professions as they learn together.”
SSH serves a global community of practice, enhancing the quality of healthcare. It seeks to improve performance and reduce errors in patient care through the use of simulation. SSH fosters the improvement and application of simulation-based modalities such as human patient simulators, virtual reality, standardized patients, and task trainers. Recognizing that simulation represents a paradigm shift in healthcare education, SSH promotes improvements in simulation technology, educational methods, practitioner assessment, and patient safety that promote better patient care and can improve patient outcomes.
To learn more about UMHB’s Clinical Simulation Learning Center, visit Clinical Simulation Learning Center - Mayborn College of Health Sciences (umhb.edu).
