CARLOW Center for Medical Innovation

Acadicus is an exciting virtual reality healthcare platform where students can experience actual clinical environments relevant to their future and receive extensive training in medical terminology, communication, and teamwork across a variety of healthcare environments. By bringing participants together students will interact with patients and peers inside the VR scenario, without the restraints of physical location. The Acadicus curriculum provides realistic trauma simulations to teach students to rely on their training, regulate their emotions, thoughts, and actions, triage patients, and practice complex skills to resolve traumatic medical situations. In addition to an expansive VR library of medical scenarios, this platform also allows an instructor to quickly create additional healthcare scenarios that are most relevant to our students.

Few things in life are harder than being born without a limb or losing a limb later in life. We have invested in high-end scanners and 3D printers to engineer and produce prosthetic arms, legs, hands, and feet to serve all those less unfortunate who live life daily without. Young aspiring medical practitioners will become highly trained in the technical skills of the creation of artificial prostheses and consult with experts in the field to hone their skills in the design and application of each prosthetic. With great appreciation for those who served our country, our center will provide engineered prosthetics to help transform the lives of pediatric patients and honor the sacrifice of veterans.

Our State of Art 3D Anatomage table provides opportunities for our students to visualize human anatomy with the highest level of accuracy. This technology will transform the way kinesiology is taught and how students learn anatomy and physiology. Anatomage bodies provide active physiological responses inside a living human body, simulating and projecting the same responses one would experience in a research laboratory or clinical setting.

Our newly constructed facility is located on the ground floor adjacent to the La Salle Library and Resource Center. All students must wear scrubs, coats, and shoes appropriate for the medical/lab environment. Uniforms will be sold in the La Salle Armory and may serve as a school uniform if the student chooses to wear them. Our new Center will be open from 2:25-4:00 pm daily for labs, academic support, and skill practice.