Medical Advanced Skill and Simulation Center

MASSEC is an educational platform to support the educational and health care mission of the University of Mississippi Medical Center. We are here to serve the educational needs of all UMMC trainees, faculty and clinical services.

MASSEC is a division of UMMC Academic Affairs, which provides administrative and personnel oversight.

Mission statement

• Improve patient care and safety by providing an outcome-based, integrative learning vehicle where critical patient care skills are introduced and improved in a safe environment with trainees' educational needs in focus.
• Provide manikin and simulation-based training, clinical anatomy and small-group sessions by creating dynamic and efficient integrated training packages.
• Help identify and implement innovative and emerging educational initiatives in UMMC's medical, dental and house officer curricula.
• Offer interactive and hands-on critical skills workshops and continuing medical education (CME) forums for UMMC faculty and state physicians.
• Interprofessional team training: Offer activities that include medical students, residents, nurses and other health care professionals.
•  Key learning site for UMMC's Quality Enhancement Plan: Engage in trainees in discussion and learning professionalism, interpersonal communication, and medical ethics during simulated patient care scenarios simulation.
• Community outreach: The Simulation Center contributes to UMMC's effort to raise health awareness and recruit new trainees from diverse backgrounds by providing tours of the facility.