Scott Pinion chose to study Radiologic Technology at Greenville Tech because of a love of the human body and how it works. Yet the human patient simulator is an inanimate object that mimics the body’s reaction to treatments and conditions that is one of the most valuable teaching tools he’s encountered.
Pinion and his classmates have been through multiple scenarios with human patient simulators, and by the time they graduate, they should encounter many more. One experience involved a patient going into shock. The students learned what happens at each stage and the timing involved, so that they could decide when to watch the heart rate a little longer and when to call a code.
For students whose clinical experiences may be confined to performing x-rays and not to the unexpected situations that may occur while doing so, experience with simulators is especially valuable. “Let’s say I’m at a clinical site working with a licensed technician and something unexpected happens with a patient, all I’m going to do is back up and observe because patient safety always comes first,” he says. “Getting a chance to experience emergencies with a simulator before a real patient is just invaluable.”
Simulation has been an added bonus to a Radiologic Technology curriculum that balances classroom education and clinical experiences.
“I have been really impressed by the technology,” he says. “The simulator we use is wireless, so you’re alone in a room with it, and you don’t interact with the instructor controlling it. Your body does react with the simulators as if they were alive even though in the back of your head you know it’s not.”
In April 2004, the leaders of two of the South Carolina's largest healthcare systems and two of the state's research universities came together to announce the formation of Health Sciences South Carolina, a unique public-private partnership with a shared vision and a shared plan.
Lewis Blackman Endowed Chair
As a testament to his remarkable young life and as a commitment to advance the health and safety of all South Carolinians, the Medical University of South Carolina and Health Sciences South Carolina have dedicated an endowed chair in Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety to his memory. Read More
Collaborating Partners
On June 10, 2008 the Medical University of South Carolina and Healthcare Simulation SC partnered to open the second statewide collaborating healthcare simulation center. Click the picture to view the event photo album.
Scott Pinion chose to study Radiologic Technology at Greenville Tech because of a love of the human body and how it works. Yet the human patient simulator is an inanimate object that mimics the body’s reaction to treatments and conditions that is one of the most valuable teaching tools he’s encountered. 
As a testament to his remarkable young life and as a commitment to advance the health and safety of all South Carolinians, the Medical University of South Carolina and Health Sciences South Carolina have dedicated an endowed chair in Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety to his memory. 