ATACS Center: Advanced Teaching and Assessment in Clinical Simulation
Services
ATACS Welcome Standardized Patient Program Clinical Simulation Workshops Contact Us
The state of the art ATACS Center is available to Texas Tech and non-Texas Tech customers for a service-fee. We offer a wide variety of educaitonal training and programs to improve your or your staffs clinical skills through the use of our standardized patients, low and high fidelity simulators. Contact us today!
Requirements for scheduling an event:
- Event organizers are responsible for bringing consumables for their event, e.g. gauze, syringes, etc. Per client request, we may order the materials and charge the client for consumables.
- All events must be supervised by a faculty member from the scheduling department.
- All events must have ATACS staff support for technical oversight from the Center.
- If any simulator part gets damaged during an event due to improper use, the replacement parts are paid for by the client.
- Some training procedures involve required replacement of parts for normal wear and tear (such as but not limited to practicing C-section, central line placement, spinal tap, etc.);for such procedures the replacement parts will be paid by the client.
- Event must be scheduled (upon availability) at least 30 days in advance.
- Payment is due the day of the event.
- Discounts may be offered for long-term contracts, multiple-events contracts or long-term relationships.
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations of service by customer must be at least one week prior to event date or be subjected to full payment for service.
Click here for a price list (prices are subject to change).
Questions/Reservations for service please contact:
Ralitsa Akins, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education
Associate Director, ATACS Center
Director, Standardized Patient Program
915-783-6200 ext. 230
or
J. Hector Aranda, B.S.
Unit Manager, Clinical Simulation
915-783-6200 ext. 229
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
ATACS Center: Advanced Teaching and Assessment in Clinical Simulationr
5001 El Paso Drive
El Paso, TX 79905
