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21 joined KU medicine and pharmacy students in simulations that focus on health care as a team. So have students in WSU's physical therapy, physician assistant, dental hygiene, audiology, speech-language pathology and public health sciences programs. Younger, potential health providers also benefit from the center. Each November, the Sim Center participates in the Doc for a Day event at KU School of Medicine-Wichita for high school juniors and seniors. The students take part in a code blue/CPR session and even help deliver a baby with "Victoria," the birthing simulator. These sessions are popular during a day where young people learn about being doctors and what it takes to become one. The center also welcomes outside groups to use its facility. Fifth-graders from Wichita's Park Elementary have learned about the center's equipment, meeting "Sim Man" and training in CPR, with a chance to practice compressions on a lifelike torso. Emphasis on team and communication Eli Brumfield, D.O., assistant professor of internal medicine and Sim Center medical director, said the center's eorts involve two tenets: "First, we try to never expose learners to just one discipline. It always has to be interprofessional. The health care of the future requires interprofessional relationships to be fully developed. Second, we don't do sim lab experiences without patient and family representation. Including patients and their loved ones is an important skill for students to practice right from the get-go. We want them to view families as team members and assets. It's a skill no dierent than placing an IV or driving a car."