Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

Virtual Hospital Experience

The HSI's Virtual Hospital is a 10,000 sq. ft. healthcare simulation center that provides an unmatched learning environment for students studying nursing, emergency medical services, physical therapy and other healthcare disciplines. The suite includes:

• Six learning areas that closely mimic hospital departments that provide a clinical environment for students and professionals to practice their skills
• 12 incredibly life-like, computer-operated human patient simulators that mimic various patient scenarios, such as:
  • Trauma
  • Shock
  • Collapsed lung
  • Chest pain
  • Cardiac arrest
  • Pulmonary emboli
  • Asthmas
  • Neurological events
  • Obstetrical emergencies
  • Birth

...which allows students to practice such procedures as:

• Intubation
• Insertion of IV
• Cardioversion
• Lung decompression

Scheduling the Virtual Hospital Facility

1. Virtual Hospital Policies (PDF)
2. Scheduling Guidelines (PDF)
3. Scheduling process for MCC Penn Valley Nursing and Allied Health Programs
4. Scheduling process for External Schools
5. Scheduling Options for the Virtual Hospital:
   • Reservation request form
   • Cancellation Request (include your session dates and times in your message)

Department Contacts

• Tracy Forester, Virtual Hospital Program Specialist
  816.604.4486
• Arthur Brady, Education Specialist
  816.604.4363
• Pam Anthony, Education Specialist
  816.604.4474

To request more information about educational opportunities for your students or employees please contact the MCC-Penn Valley Virtual Hospital staff at Virtual.Hospital@mcckc.edu.