UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - MEDICAL CENTER
DAVIS GLOBAL CENTER
Omaha // Nebraska
Global Leadership in Improving Human Performance &
Effectiveness in
Healthcare
The Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center (Davis Global Center) serves as headquarters for iEXCEL. This multi-level, 192,000 SF clinical simulation facility became fully operational in 2020 on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus in Omaha, Nebraska. The Global Center for Health Security is located within the Davis Global Center, sharing simulation and visualization assets and staff expertise.
Proximal to the University of Nebraska Medical Center colleges and Nebraska Medicine, the Davis Global Center serves as the catalyst for an integrated statewide, national and global simulation initiative. All five levels of the facility work together as one collaborative unit to create safe, innovative and experiential training environments as well as a venue for research and business development.
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3D, augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies, including a holographic theater
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Dedicated spaces for the creation of innovative teaching modules and videos§Designed to practice the transfer of patients between levels of care (“hand-offs”)
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Replicated clinics, hospitals, ambulatory and home care units for simulating incidents, events and patient care scenarios
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Opportunities for training to competency before encountering real-life patient care and emergency response situations
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Surgical skills procedure rooms/operating bays with fresh tissue simulation for practicing high-level, complex patient care procedures
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Collaboration with other disciplines, especially STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) initiatives
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Tele-education, tele-presence and tele-mentoring capabilities
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Hosting and educating teams of interdisciplinary practitioners and learners – of all disciplines and at all levels of training
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Highly-specialized training in health security and biopreparedness in the Global Center for Health Security
Davis Global Center Capabilities:
A Replicated Total Healthcare System
Lower Level: iEXCEL Simulated Community Care
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Home care unit for training in emergency response, home safety evaluations and transfer from home to hospital
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Ambulance bay to practice transportation of patients and transfer of care from emergency medical services (EMS) to the hospital
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6-bed biocontainment clinical training and simulation unit for professionals to learn to care for and conduct procedures for patients with highly infectious diseases
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20-bed National Quarantine Unit
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Multi-purpose room with emergency operations center (EOC) capabilities and training facility
Ground Level: Global Center for Health
Level 01: iEXCEL Visualization and Virtual
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3D, AR/VR and holographic technologies to inspire and foster curriculum innovation and collaborations with industry and military
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Holographic Theater (70 seats): holographic stage produces extraordinary virtual images
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iEXCEL Helix: 200-degree 2D curved screen is an interactive, digital iWall displaying images individually or collaboratively with other sites
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iEXCEL Laser CAVE–5: Fully immersive, five-sided 3D laser cave expands learning and research and development opportunities
Level 02: iEXCEL Interprofessional Simulation
Realistic simulated hospital units where clinical competencies and team communication are learned, practiced and tested with lifelike simulators and real-world clinical equipment.
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The Acute Care Unit will have a realistic, simulated operating room (OR), a labor and delivery room, patient rooms and a pediatric unit
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The Critical Care Unit will have a realistic, simulated emergency department, trauma unit, intensive care unit and imaging room
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Procedural Skills Labs
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Pre-briefing and debriefing rooms for session preparation and review of recorded session
Level 03: iEXCEL Surgical and Interventional
Advanced surgical skills training in replicated ORs using fresh tissue and surgical simulators. The facility provides a venue for collaboration with industry for training workshops and research and development.
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Surgical Skills Suite with 20 OR bays and a command center for recording and broadcasting locally, nationally and globally
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Hybrid OR/Interventional Suite for surgical training sessions
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Surgical Skills Labs with surgical simulators to practice and improve essential skills including hand-eye coordination, depth perception and suturing