Throughout the medical world, simulated labs are being used for clinical skills development. The newly designed and furnished clinical skills dry lab at Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College is situated in the college premises; we are happy to announce that HFRCMC has the latest facilities with many more to be added soon. Along sideclincal teaching, students from the third year onwards are to have rotational placement in the dry lab. Here, with the aid of our experienced faculty and simulators, we are confident that our student will gain competent clinical skills.

Guidelines and practice manuals will be distributed to the students during their rotation to ensure that by the time they are newly graduated doctors their clinical skills will be of an international standard caliber.

The dry lab contains the following facilities:

1. Clinical training material: The Lab contains many videos, audio-visual simulators, models, manikins etc. It is also equipped to utilize simulated and real patients for student training.

2. Multi-Purpose Room: A multiple purpose room that can be used for teaching, training and workshops with --- seats and audiovisual aid and IT equipment.

3. Mannequins and models present:

a.       Adult BLS Mannequin Basic

b.      Infant BLS CPR Mannequin Basic

c.       Intra Muscular injection Simulator

d.      IV Arm Simulator

e.      Catheterization Male and Female

f.        Adult Intubation simulator

g.       Paediatric intubation simulator

h.      Casualty simulation kit

i.         Pneumothorax/Pleural drainage trainer

j.        Lumbar Puncture simulator

k.       Suturing & Stapling practice

l.         Surgical suture and bandaging

m.    Knot tying trainer

n.      Breast Examination simulator

o.      Gynae Examination trainer

p.      Delivery simulation trainer

q.      Episiotomy tear trainer

In addition to the available models, simulation models of eye, ENT, orthopaedics and many more are to be acquired soon.

We are happy to announce that a 3 D virtual dissection lab is to be our latest acquisition; this will be valuable asset for our preclinical students.

We hope that the HFRCMC Dry lab will be in invaluable teaching centre for our students.