Shay Laufer

MSR, Israel Center for Medical Simulation

For a Safe, Humane, Ethical and Patient-Centered Medical Culture! MSR employs advanced simulation-based training modalities that enable healthcare providers to effectively improve their clinical and communication skills, thereby creating a safer, more ethical and humanistic, patient-centered culture of treatment. MSR is a world leader in Simulation-Based Medical Education (SBME) and patient safety training. Simulation modalities – whether sophisticated robotics, surgical simulators or role-playing actors – are uniquely effective for training and assessing the core skills of medical professionals across the healthcare spectrum, without placing patients at risk during the process. As a pioneer in the medical simulation field for over a decade, MSR is now an acknowledged leader in a growing network that is transforming medical education and risk management in Israel and worldwide. As Israel's only national multi-modality, interdisciplinary simulation center, MSR is authorized to conduct mandatory courses and regulatory licensing exams in various clinical fields. Since its establishment in 2001 by Prof. Amitai Ziv, at the Sheba Medical Center, MSR has trained and tested over 19,000 healthcare professionals in over sixty diverse training programs. Training at MSR reinforces clinical proficiency, teamwork, communication and other essential skills critical to patient safety. MSR's simulations of extreme and challenging medical scenarios are presented with sufficient fidelity to achieve suspension of disbelief in trainees, delivering a highly effective cognitive experience. MSR is recognized by the American Heart Association as an International Training Centre (ITC) for BLS, PALS and ACLS courses. MSR also received ACS Accreditation by the American College of Surgeons (ACS)