Livingston's St. Barnabas Hospital Gets $50K Grant For Perinatal Simulation Center

Livingston, NJ – Saint George’s University, an independent School of Medicine located in Grenada, West Indies, is awarding a grant of $50,000 to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.

According to a release, the funds will enhance the Center’s Regional Perinatal Simulation Center. Opened in 2011, the center is a learning laboratory designed to “replicate various clinical scenarios,” using mannequins that respond “as real patients would.”

The center also provides training and practice for healthcare providers on “how to react in rare and critical cases,” focusing on improving teamwork and communication while training medical students, residents, nurses, physicians and EMTs.

“We are delighted to provide this grant to an institution that upholds the highest standards of clinical education, “said Fred M. Jacobs, chair of the Department of Medicine and Executive Vice President at St. George’s University School of Medicine.

“The Regional Perinatal Simulation Center at Saint Barnabas will augment the quality and breadth of education our medical students have received from its clinical faculty over the years,” added Stephen Weitzman, MD, Dean, St. George’s University School of Medicine. “By mimicking a wide range of critical care scenarios, the Simulation Center will prepare students to handle the array of cases they may face once they are physicians.

“Ultimately, this will lead to improved health care for the people of New Jersey since many of our students undergo their postgraduate training at Saint Barnabas and other New Jersey hospitals prior to practicing in New Jersey,” added Stephen Weitzman, Dean of St. George’s University School of Medicine.