FORT KENT, Maine – The University of Maine at Fort Kent Board of Visitors is encouraging the public to attend a Business Breakfast that will take place on Friday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 a.m. in the Nadeau Hall conference room on the UMFK campus.
Panelists for the event will be Duane Belanger, UMFK assistant professor of nursing and Dr. Erin Soucy, dean of undergraduate nursing and associate provost.
The panelists will discuss how the UMFK nursing program is expanding to enhance the nursing workforce training with its new Immersive Interactive Simulation Center. This is the first of its kind in New England.
A tour of the immersive simulation center will be available after the presentation.
The state-of-the-art center will provide UMFK nursing students with hands-on clinical training to develop the skills necessary to facilitate positive patient outcomes without risk. It includes Immersive Interactive software featuring 360 degree projections on classroom walls and floors, allowing students the benefit of virtual reality educational experiences, complete with smells, sounds, and tactile stimuli. The center also includes high-realism manikins to resemble interactions with real patients. UMFK’s immersive simulation center is the result of a grant written by Belanger and funded through workforce development funds through the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan.
Tickets for the breakfast are $12 and can be purchased by credit card at umfk.edu/business-breakfast/.
Deadline for registration is Thursday, Sept. 14.
Please contact Lisa Roy at 207-834-7504 or email at roylisa@maine.edu for more information.
