For years, Exton's Education Management Solutions (EMS) has provided the medical field with software and audio-video devices for training.
Now CEO Anurag Singh is preparing to open a state-of-the-art training facility at the company's headquarters, where medical personnel, emergency medical technicians, home health providers, first responders and other health professionals can learn and practice skills.
Singh has invested more than $1 million in the “Global Institute for Simulation Training,” a 5,000-square foot facility equipped with full-body mannequins, 10 individual training rooms and two large conference spaces, all integrated with EMS training software.
Simulation training is an essential component for accreditation and continuing education for many medical practitioners, but they are also expensive and many community colleges, small hospitals and other institutions lack such facilities.
As an independent (and nonprofit) center, the new institute will offer “interactive, onsite training in a safe environment with leading-edge technical solutions” to the Philadelphia region, explains Singh.
The center is set to open on November 13. EMS already has two commitments for active use. Singh's hope is that the Exton center will serve as a pilot for a nationwide network to serve hospitals and education programs that lack their own facilities.
The goal is for the center to eventually have its own dedicated staff. For now, EMS staff, currently at 78 with six open positions, will run it.
Source: Anurag Singh, Education Management Solutions
Writer: Elise Vider