The Clinical Simulation Center is open to all WSU veterinary students, interns, residents, and faculty. Students and veterinarians have access to some of the most advanced medical models to learn new skills and polish current skills. The center provides a positive, enriching, and supportive educational environment for the advancement of veterinary care.

Simulation-based education is essential for training the most prepared and competent veterinary graduates in the country. Simulation is used routinely to train human medical doctors, and WSU is a leader in advancing technical and clinical simulation training for veterinarians.

Our program offers an integrated approach to simulated medical and communication training. From basic suturing skills to client communication to fully integrated simulations to experience the spectrum of care, we provide hands-on opportunities to learn and practice necessary veterinary skills.

The center, housed at the university's College of Veterinary Medicine, purchased a dystocia simulator cow and calf to help teach and demonstrate the birthing process. Visitors to the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, where the new simulator has been displayed to the public, are already getting their own in-depth experience.

Meet Agnes — she's a full-size cow, with a working udder, a uterus and a full-size calf but she's not quite a real cow.

Instead, the bovine specimen is used to educate veterinary students and cattle producers about the cattle birthing process.