Donation Presentation for Amarillo’s SiMCentral
WHAT: The Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health (LWBIWH) will present a check for $100,000 to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) at Amarillo for the simulation learning lab, SiMCentral.
WHEN: 10:30 a.m., July 29 (Monday)
WHERE: LWBIWH, 1400 Wallace Blvd.
EVENT: The LWBIWH raised the money during the Power of the Purse on April 17 with the intention of making a donation to help construct a new building for SiMCentral on the TTUHSC Amarillo campus.
SiMCentral provides clinical simulation research on human patient simulators. It provides training for medical students, current physicians, nursing students and allied health students at TTUHSC, West Texas A&M University and Amarillo College.
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