Copeland Health Education Pavilion
As health care education is constantly advancing and improving, French Hospital is taking steps to stay ahead of the curve with the Copeland Health Education Pavilion. The Pavilion, opened in 2015, provides the community and medical professionals with the advanced health care education resources, free of charge.
The three-story, 18,000 square foot Pavilion includes an auditorium, two classrooms, a boardroom, and two full-size simulated hospital patient rooms for training medical professionals.
As a hub for health care education, the Pavilion provides a variety of preventive health education classes to the community through our Community Benefits Program, free of charge. Classes range from CPR, maternity education, support groups, wellness workshops and more. View classes >
The Pavilion also houses an innovative, advanced learning facility: the James R. Flanagan Simulation Learning Center.
James R. Flanagan Simulation Learning Center
The James Flanagan Simulation Learning Center is at the forefront of simulation learning technology. The Center includes two simulation suites set up as hospital patient rooms to ensure the most realistic and effective training possible.
This Learning Center features eight simulation manikins that mimic all patient types, including adult manikins that simulate various medical conditions and emergencies, female obstetrics patients that simulate childbirth, a baby simulation manikin, and a juvenile simulation manikin. The manikins provide medical staff and nursing professionals with realistic, hands-on training opportunities to teach new procedures and ensure their skills are up-to-date.
Such extensive simulation learning centers are typically only found at major metropolitan or teaching hospitals, making the James R. Flanagan Learning Center all the more special. The Learning Center and each of the manikins featured have been made possible thanks to generous support from retired local educator and donor, James R. Flanagan. Ongoing community support offers the opportunity to continually upgrade our training tools in the center.
Making It Possible
Help from two local couples originally made the Pavilion possible for the community. Jim and Sandy Copeland and Tom and Pam Copeland helped to make the Pavilion a reality, donating the entire building to the hospital.
The Copelands are longtime San Luis Obispo residents, recognized business leaders, philanthropists, and avid supporters of FHMC. Previously, the Copeland family was instrumental in creating the Copeland, Forbes and Rossi Cardiac Care Center and was a major contributor to the “French – Well into the Future” Campaign. The late Jim Copeland was a former Hospital Community Board Chair. He believed that community investment is important to secure a bright future for the hospital and sustained health care excellence for everyone on the Central Coast.
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