A Delegation of the Nursing School , Institute of Health Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) took, last June 2, a visit to the Centre of Simulation, Research and Innovation of Hospital da Luz Learning Health , situated in the new building of Hospital da Luz Lisboa. There, they had the opportunity to see the most modern and differentiated simulators available, that are nowadays indispensable for the training and education of professionals in the health area. The visit of the director, Amélia Simões Figueiredo, and teacher Patrícia Pontífice de Sousa, also aimed to strengthen the already existing protocol relationship with Hospital da Luz, since its foundation in 2007. The guided tour was conducted by Francisca Leite (the director of Hospital da Luz Learning Health), Pedro Líbano Monteiro (the executive manager of Hospital da Luz Lisboa) and Anisabel Soares (nurse director of HL Lisboa), accompanied by Cátia Botelho Costa (the director of the Simulation Centre) and Isabel Gonçalves (chief nurse of HL Lisboa). Hospital da Luz Learning Health is a company of the Luz Saúde group dedicated to activities of training, research and innovation. In the area of education , the intention is to meet all the needs of health professionals – clinical and non-clinical –, throughout their career, in a logic of lifelong learning. This visit was an opportunity to convey to the delegation of the UCP Nursing School a better knowledge of the activities here presently developed, which are in the forefront in terms of technology in professional training. In the photo above, Patrícia Pontífice de Sousa, Isabel Gonçalves, Amélia Simões Figueiredo, Anisabel Soares, Cátia Botelho Costa and Francisca Leite.
