First-year physical therapy student Elizabeth Buesing, 23, cannot wait to use a simulation apartment to practice her specialty.
“I’ll probably be in this room doing transfers from bed and helping patients reach the cabinets and what not,” Buesing said. “The majority of the few physical therapy students have worked in an outpatient clinic. Rarely any of us have been in a hospital setting, so it’s nice to have this.”
Fort Worth City Council member Michael Crain, center right, attends the University of North Texas Health Science Center Regional Simulation Lab grand opening on June 23. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
Mannequin parts sit in a room at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Regional Simulation Lab. The school invited guests to tour the new lab June 23. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
A mannequin lays on a bed at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Regional Simulation Lab. The lab is intended for health science center students to train before entering the workforce. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
A room is set up to monitor students during their procedures at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Regional Simulation Lab. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
People listen to speakers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Regional Simulation Lab grand opening on June 23. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
A mannequin lays in an exam room bed at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Regional Simulation Lab on June 23. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report) 
A standardized patient displaying a fake knee transplant sits on a bed. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
Buesing’s stomping grounds will be the simulation apartment at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Regional Simulation Center, which opened on June 23.
The 16,000-square-foot Regional Simulation Center has 14 exam rooms, a debriefing room, a simulation apartment for students to practice taking care of patients at home, two virtual reality rooms, three laptop charging bars, several multipurpose team rooms, learning lounges and an observation room with one-way glass, the Report previously reported.
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