Interprofessional Education
Interprofessional education (IPE) plays an important role in completing a student's healthcare learning journey. ASTEC is proud to provide a variety of IPE simulations, all of which are available to any UArizona Health Sciences students.
See below for examples of IPE activities offered at ASTEC. Availability varies by semester.
Register for IPE Activities at ASTEC
Please note the list below may not be comprehensive. Activity availability varies by semester.
Caring for the Caregivers
Unlock the power of self-care in healthcare. Stress reduction techniques provide students with a comprehensive approach to self-care through simulation-based exercises.
Code Blue!
Time is muscle- what will you do when you hear the word “STEMI”? Find out with an advanced human patient simulator experiencing a code blue emergency.
Do You Smell Smoke?
Join ASTEC’s Executive Director and Regents Professor of Surgery, Allan Hamilton, MD, as you stretch your ability to improvise during this mystery simulation exercise.
First Aid in the Wild
Explore first-aid options when in the wild.
Hamilton Tile Game
Join ASTEC’s Executive Director and Regents Professor of Surgery, Allan Hamilton, MD, as your team assess their strengths and weaknesses by working together to escape a jungle swamp full of toxic tiles.
Heartless
If you came across one of the thousands of people living life without a pulse, would you know what to do? Learn how to recognize and manage the nuances of patients living with left ventricular assist devices.
House of Horrors
Uncover hidden faults that compromise patient safety and staff efficiency within a hospital room.
How Well Can You Triage?
Participants will work together to apply triage protocols during a mass casualty to deliver appropriate patient care based on severity and ensure optimal outcomes in a high-pressure, time-sensitive environment/crisis situation.
Lego Land, Lego Band
Join ASTEC’s Executive Director and Regents Professor of Surgery, Allan Hamilton, MD, for a creative exploration of the foundational, interprofessional skills needed to be successful in healthcare.
Little Things Matter
Navigate the 360-degree environment of a neonatal intensive care unit. Using a neonatal advanced patient simulator, learn about the unique setting, equipment, delivery of care, and interdisciplinary teams needed to ensure that the littlest patients thrive.
Mighty Egg Drop
You and your team will construct a “bomb proof” egg package to guarantee egg's safety when dropped. You will prove the worthiness of your design by subjecting your egg to a 12-foot fall!
Medical Mystery
Crack the code to treat this patient's mystery illness. An interprofessional team is the only way to treat and save the advanced human patient simulator used in this simulation.
Shots Fired
Healthcare staff are at the highest risk for workplace violence. This interprofessional simulation will help learners to stay safe when everything goes wrong.
Simulation Relay
Try to beat the clock while gaining experience with human patient simulators, task trainers and other healthcare equipment not encountered in your day-to-day education.
Suicide Crisis Response
Depression and feelings of helplessness are on the rise. Learn how to treat the whole patient when they come to the emergency department experiencing these symptoms.
Sugar Rush
Recognize and educate your pediatric patient with new onset Type 1 Diabetes.
To Infinity and Beyond
With only one ream of paper, your entire team, spread across the ASTEC Sim Deck, must communicate a message using only paper airplanes.
Toxic Waste
With only two pieces of rope, your team must move five buckets of simulated toxic waste from one side of the room to the other without spilling!
Venom 101
In the Sonoran Desert, people and creatures cross paths, sometimes with dangerous results. In this simulation, an interdisciplinary team will provide clinical management for patients presenting with venomous bites.
When Accidents Happen
The three definitions of drowning: drowning with death, drowning with deficit, and drowning without deficit. Maximize survival and decrease poor outcomes in this simulation utilizing a pediatric advanced human patient simulator.
When Tempers Rise
Practice skills in de-escalation to diffuse conflict in the hospital. Explore ways to minimize restraints and physical harm.