The Elsie Franz-Finley Simulated Health Center at University of Portland prepares and inspires healthcare leaders through high-fidelity, immersive experiences to support the development of clinical judgment, ethical reflection, and leadership formation, while providing holistic are and valuing human dignity.

The Elsie Franz-Finley Simulated Health Center stands apart for its authentic design, immersive technology, and highly personalized learning model. From hospital-grade equipment to lifelike patient encounters with trained actors, the environment closely replicates the complexity of modern healthcare settings. Small class sizes and low student-to-faculty ratios ensure individualized coaching, reflective practice, and hands-on training, allowing every learner to engage in a meaningful way.

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Facility Highlights

• Immersive scenarios featuring trained actors (standardized patients) who portray complex physical, emotional and cultural patient needs
• Enhanced simulation technologies that allow actors and manikins to display dynamic symptoms, vital sign changes, and evolving clinical conditions in real time
• Expertly crafted patient cases integrating clinical reasoning, communication, teamwork, and ethical decision-making
• High-quality video capture and review to support structures debriefing and reflective learning
• Safe, supportive environment where students can practice, make mistakes, and build confidence before caring for real patients
• Skills laboratory that includes 17 acute care patient beds as well as high fidelity manikins and task trainers
• Six acute care simulation suites designed to replicate hospital rooms
• Advanced high-fidelity medical manikins with realistic physiological responses
• Ambulatory Care Center including six primary care exam rooms, telehealth provider suite, and studio-style simulated apartment for home health and community-based training
• Integrated audiovisual simulation capture system for recording and playback
• Wearable and augmented technology that produces realistic heart, lung, and other clinical findings on live actors