{"id":113758,"date":"2022-11-03T10:52:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T15:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?post_type=uwmnewsgallery&#038;p=113758"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:24:50","slug":"a-grand-opening-for-the-ziemer-clinical-simulation-center","status":"publish","type":"uwmnewsgallery","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/gallery\/a-grand-opening-for-the-ziemer-clinical-simulation-center\/","title":{"rendered":"A grand opening for the Ziemer Clinical Simulation Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UWM <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-celebrates-new-state-of-the-art-health-care-training-facility\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">celebrated the opening<\/a> of the James and Yvonne Ziemer Clinical Simulation Center, a\u00a0state-of-the-art facility designed to train the next generation of health care professionals,\u00a0with a grand opening event on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of students, faculty, staff, campus leaders and community members got a look at the\u00a022,000-square-foot center at the Northwest Quadrant\u00a0during the invitation-only event.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The center, which opened for use at the start of fall semester, includes experiential learning spaces like staged hospital, surgical, intensive care unit and labor\/delivery rooms, complete with sophisticated manikins that breathe, sweat and give birth. There are simulated settings for an apartment and clinic, as well as lab spaces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe need for transformation in health care is no longer something we\u00a0<i>should <\/i>do; it has become something we\u00a0<i>must <\/i>do,\u201d said Kim Litwack, dean of the College of Nursing, said at the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UWM celebrated the opening of the James and Yvonne Ziemer Clinical Simulation Center, a\u00a0state-of-the-art facility designed to train the next generation of health care professionals,\u00a0with a grand opening event on Nov. 1. Dozens of students, faculty, staff, campus leaders and community members got a look at the\u00a022,000-square-foot center at the Northwest Quadrant\u00a0during the invitation-only event. 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