The facilities will standardise skills training across disciplines and raise the bar for patient safety across the region
Gulf Medical University has opened the Thumbay Institute of Clinical Simulation at its Ajman campus, a next-generation training hub designed to let students, residents, and practicing clinicians learn, rehearse, and master real-world care in a safe, high-fidelity environment.
The new institute delivers team-based drills, Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), crisis resource management, and procedure training across medicine and allied health—using advanced manikins, task trainers, simulated wards, and digital recording for debrief.
The network includes:
1. Thumbay Clinical Simulation Centre
2. Dental Simulation Centre
3. Physiotherapy Simulation Centre
4. Thumbay Surgical Skills Center
5. Upcoming Thumbay Veterinary Simulation Centre (small and large animals)
6. Upcoming Thumbay Simulation Centre in Dubai
Together, these facilities will standardise skills training across disciplines and raise the bar for patient safety across the region.
Prof Manda Venkatramana, Chancellor of Gulf Medical University, said, “Simulation changes outcomes. It lets our learners make mistakes without harm, learn as teams, and return to the bedside more confident and more prepared. With this institute and our growing network across medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, surgery, and soon veterinary medicine, GMU is setting a national standard for hands-on health-professions education.”
The facility features simulation suites replicating ICU, emergency, operating theatre, primary care, inpatient wards, and home-care settings. Every session is recorded for structured debrief so learners can see, measure, and improve performance. The curriculum spans communication, ethics, cultural competence, and leadership under pressure, not just procedures and protocols.
Memberships, Accreditations & Affiliations:
· American Heart Association (AHA) International Training Centre
· National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
· Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM)
· Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom MRCP (UK)
· (Jaheziya) Emirates Medical Preparedness and Response Program
· Health and Safety Institute (HSI)
