CAMC Center for Learning and Research

CAMC is expanding its role as an Academic Medical Center and is committed to providing simulation training, education, research, and learning experiences to staff and employees at CAMC and medical professionals throughout our state.

The CAMC Center for Learning and Research provides learning space for live and multisite participation of learners from all CAMC locations as well as healthcare professionals throughout the state. The facility includes training and education rooms that model surgery suites, labor and delivery suites, emergency rooms, critical care rooms, patient hospital rooms and outpatient clinic rooms.

Learning institutions with healthcare programs throughout our region are turning to CAMC for help. These institutions are looking for learning experiences that enhance the classroom learning for their students. The CAMC Center for Learning and Research allows CAMC to respond and initiate new dialogue with community education partners in the delivery of learning and healthcare. The center assists in utilizing West Virginia’s limited resources to create an immersive educational tool that is robust and innovative to serve all healthcare learners in the state. The CAMC Center for Learning and Research represents partnerships between CAMC and the schools and universities providing healthcare clinical learning programs in West Virginia and beyond.

The stand-alone, state-of-the-art, three-story building is located at 3044 Chesterfield Ave, Charleston, WV, in Kanawha City, across MacCorkle Avenue from CAMC Memorial Hospital.

The center was paid for in part with funds raised from the community through gifts made to the CAMC Foundation Knowledge at the Center of Care Campaign. While the facility is complete, the educational needs continue. Funds provided from our community partners will continue to help support the CAMC Center for Learning and Research and supply it with the latest technology and equipment.

To learn more about how you can partner with the CAMC Foundation on this worthy cause, contact: R. Bryan Cummings, President, at robert.cummings@vandaliahealth.com or 304-388-9866.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why did CAMC build a Center for Learning and Research?

The CAMC Center for Learning and Research is a stand-alone, educational facility dedicated to healthcare research, learning, and education that provides an environment for healthcare professionals who are looking for opportunities to learn at the forefront of the medical industry.

The CAMC Center for Learning and Research has amenities including, but not limited to:

New and state-of-the-art simulation technology
A flexible, safe, and clean learning environment
Easier access for employees and facilities that are ADA compliant
Quiet study areas for residents
Adequate conference room space – for both large and small conferences; and educational sessions

What type of learning opportunities are offered at the CAMC Center for Learning and Research?

Learners are provided opportunities:

To remain at the forefront of innovation and delivery of simulation-based healthcare education
To be fluent in current practices of simulation-based healthcare education
To create a secure environment to practice and utilize new equipment with a safe transfer of skills and knowledge to patient care
To provide continuing education for faculty, staff and other healthcare providers throughout the region that includes late breaking developments and trends in the industry

How does the community benefit from this project?

Where is the CAMC Center for Learning and Research located?

Is the CAMC Center for Learning and Research accessible to learners outside of CAMC?

What is the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine?

The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine provides continuing medical education to residents, students, and health professionals training at CAMC, and also provides research support to physicians and medical health professionals throughout West Virginia and the region. CAMC, as a teaching hospital, helps the institution remain at the forefront of top quality care and innovative research. Patients benefit from the scientific basis of medicine delivered at CAMC. The knowledge generated by research yields the groundwork for tomorrow's most promising clinical applications.

Research focuses on:

Maintaining accreditation under the American Council for Graduate Medical Education for the CAMC Graduate Medical Education Program
Preventative healthcare
Improving patient outcomes
Evaluating health services and quality of care

Knowledge in patient care equals strength in research. Research includes clinical trials looking at new treatments as well as studies using hospital data to learn how to improve patient care.

Who are education and research partners?

Partnerships with other educational organizations contribute to the success of CAMC research programs. CAMC joined West Virginia University Medicine; West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine; and Marshall University School of Medicine in forming the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (WVCTSI), to establish and provide the infrastructure and collaboration to improve the quality of clinical and translational research conducted in the region.

Other partnerships include relationships with University of Charleston, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins University, University of Kentucky, and others.

Research conducted adheres to all federal regulations. It is locally regulated by the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects (IRB) at the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine.

What is the CAMC Foundation Knowledge at the Center of Care Campaign?

To continue CAMC’s tradition as a teaching hospital, the CAMC Foundation raised funds through the Knowledge at the Center of Care campaign to benefit the CAMC Center for Learning and Research. The campaign supported the construction and outfitting of the new, state-of-the-art learning facility with the purpose of advancing the educational needs of CAMC employees, medical and surgical residents, affiliated medical students, nursing students, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) students, other students in healthcare training programs, and other interested West Virginia healthcare professionals.

How can I contribute to the Knowledge at the Center of Care Campaign?

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