RHIC Simulation Center

04/20/2026

Last Tuesday, April 14th, ISU OT & PA students, in conjunction with AHEC scholars and Union Nurses, completed the Community Action Poverty Simulation. Students were grouped into families and given varying roles. They were tasked with completing necessary activities in order to survive (grocery shopping, transportation, paying rent & mortgages, finding income, etc.) with limited funds and varying familial situations. Although challenging, the students did an excellent job of rising to the occasion, developing empathy, and coming to understand the systemic complications that prevent health equity, as well as how we can combat this gap. Great job students!

04/08/2026

This is an exciting program that the RHIC is going to be a part of this summer!

04/01/2026

Laura Livingston,

Thank you for your years of creation. For your years of toil and sacrifice. For your years of staying at work until 9pm just to make a simulation better. Thank you for creating a truly interprofessional environment where everybody felt welcome to screw up, learn how to talk to each other, learn how do their roles in healthcare.

Thank you for teaching faculty and educators how simulation can be more than just a way to check off their skills, but instead a hotbed for innovation and creative learning.

Thank you for helping the RHIC become the first accredited simulation center in the state of Indiana....and still the best. Thank you for developing the early Human Simulation Program we created. Thank you for providing ongoing guidance to our quirky and interesting SPs.

Thank you for helping create the first successful sepsis program in the region way back in the day. For the hours you put into chart reviews and spreadsheets. Thank you for coming to Union Hospital and becoming an exceptional ICU nurse. Thank you for simply being a great nurse.

Thank you for all the time you spent away from Cade, Cole, Noah, and Larry....working on weekends and evenings when you often didn't have to, but did because of your commitment to your job and teaching young people what you know.

Thank you for everything you have done to make the RHIC the best simulation program in the country.

Thank you. From the entire organization, the staff, the Board of Directors, the faculty and educators, the SPs, the countless students that have passed through our doors, and the patients and their families who's lives that you have impacted. Quite simply, THANK YOU. We wish you joy, happiness, health, and success in anything and everything you do in the future. Thank you.

03/30/2026

Congratulations to a dedicated group of researchers from Indiana State University and RHIC for their collaborative work modeling interprofessional education through simulation.

Outstanding work, friends!!!

https://www.ssih.org/news/collaborative-care-action-early-reflections-simulation-event-complex-pain-management

03/27/2026

Meet Amber who used to be a Home Health Nurse! She is now one of our Standardized Patient’s (SP’s) at the RHIC. Here she explains some of her favorite parts of the job! 👩‍⚕️🏥👨‍⚕️ Have you ever had her as an SP?

03/19/2026

RHIC will collaborate with Ivy Tech Terre Haute this summer on a fantastic opportunity for high school students and recent graduates interested in careers in Information Technology. The Ivy Tech Summer Cyber Academy is an 8-week course designed to help participants explore tech fields, earn Ivy Tech credit, gain industry-recognized skills, and develop student success strategies on a college campus. The eight-week course term includes academic courses, skills training, and activities or site visits to broaden students' perspectives.

And near and dear to our hearts, the participants will spend time learning about simulation-based training and the technology involved in running a healthcare simulation center. If interested, please go to the following link:

bit.ly/ivycyber

03/05/2026

A hiking group came in to the Sim Center to learn Wilderness First Aide! They learned how to triage certain incidents until EMS arrives! Awesome work ladies!

02/20/2026

Hear from Connie, one of our SP’s! Have peace of mind knowing they love learning with you too! ✨

02/13/2026

We’ve gotten several questions about our hospital beds so we decided to make a video over the most common topics! Thank you, Sheryl, for this lovely explanation! Let us know if you have any more questions! ✨👩‍⚕️

02/07/2026

The RHIC was honored to provide trauma readiness training to the Navy Operational Support Center in Lawrence Indiana today! Proud to support the Naval Reserve in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Health and Indiana Trauma Commission.

Special thanks to our dedicated team of trauma experts from across the state!!!

01/31/2026