HPSN is the premier education conference for healthcare simulation users. This year's Southeast/Gulf Coast Regional HPSN will be hosted by Central Carolina Technical College and CAE Healthcare and will be offered for FREE to anyone interested in healthcare simulation and education. At HPSN Regional meetings, you will have the opportunity to brainstorm with peers in your area, participate in active, hands-on sessions and come away with new ideas for simulation. You will also be able to see the latest simulation products available from CAE Healthcare.
The Southeast/Gulf Coast Regional HPSN will be offering FREE CEUs.
Click here to fill out the Southeast Gulf Coast Regional HPSN Conference Evaluation for your CEUs >>
Click here to fill out the Southeast Gulf Coast Regional HPSN Sessions Evaluation for your CEUs >>
To download the official agenda for this event, click here >>
Central Carolina Technical College
Health Sciences Center
133 S Main St.
Sumter, SC 29150
Southeast/Gulf Coast Regional HPSN 2012 offers a full line of hands-on programs given by leading experts in healthcare simulation. This regional event is the ultimate place to discover hands-on tricks and tips for optimizing simulation in your learning environment. The Southeast/Gulf Coast Regional HPSN will be offering FREE CEUs.
Click here to fill out the Southeast Gulf Coast Regional HPSN Conference Evaluation >>
Click here to fill out the Southeast Gulf Coast Regional HPSN Sessions Evaluation for your CEUs >>
To download the official agenda for this event, click here >>
Southeast/Gulf Coast HPSN 2012 Concurrent Sessions. Please check back with us as this list is updated often. The Southeast/Gulf Coast Regional HPSN will be offering FREE CEUs.
Click here to fill out the Southeast Gulf Coast Regional HPSN Conference Evaluation >>
Click here to fill out the Southeast Gulf Coast Regional HPSN Sessions Evaluation for your CEUs >>
To download the official agenda for this event, click here >>
ADVance Practice and Interprofessional Education for Healthcare Systems
Bringing Simulation to Life
CAE Healthcare/Elsevier Partnership to Advance Health Science Education
CAUTI Prevention & Delirium Assessment
Disaster Preparedness in the Sim Lab: Creating Realism with Moulage
Lessons Learned in Maternal Newborn Simulation
Pediatric Emergency Simulation Training for EMT Students
Skills Validation in the Simulation Lab
Talk to the Tech: Priming Fluids and Simulator Maintenance
Teaching Interdisciplinary Learning Experiences
Tricks of the Trade: How to Keep things Running Smoothly.
Using SPs and Simulators in Complex Interdisciplinary Stroke Simulation
Utilizing a Data Management System
The Southeast/Gulf Coast Regional HPSN will be offering FREE CEUs.
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Sumter has many historical and beautiful sites to see. Visit the official website on the city here:
www.sumtersc.gov
CAE Healthcare works to provide group or discounted rates for attendees when possible. Attendees can stay where they please, however, we have established pricing and proximity to the event with the hotels listed below.
Holiday Inn Express
2490 Broad Street Sumter, SC 29150
(803) 469-4444
Call-in only group rate code: HPSN
Room Rate: $119/night
Hampton Inn
1370 Broad Street Sumter, SC 29150
(803) 469-2222
Group rate code: HPS
Room Rate: $99/night
Area Transportation
Public Transport

Airports
Florence Regional Airport - FLO
2100 Terminal Drive, Florence, SC 29506
Tel: 843.669.5001
47.7 miles (est. 1 hour drive) from Sumter, SC; Services Delta & US Airways
Columbia Metropolitan Airport - CAE
3250 Airport Boulevard West, Columbia, SC 29170
Tel: 803-822-5000 or 1-888-562-5002
51.2 Miles (est. 1 hour drive) from Sumter. SC; Services American Eagle, Continental, Delta, Northwest, Spirit & United
Car Rentals
Florence Regional Airport
Avis - On-Site
Tel: 843-669-7695
Hours: 7:00am-10:00pm, 7 days a week.
Budget - On-Site
Tel: 800-527-0700 or 843-667-1260
Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30am-11:00pm; Sat 8:00am-6:00pm; Sun 8:30am-11:00pm
Hertz - On-Site
Tel: 843-662-7930
Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30am-10:00pm, Sat 8:00am-6:00pm, Sun 8:30am-10:00pm
Other Info: After Hours - After hour returns are allowed, just complete a rental record and place, along with the keys, in the Express Return box located at the Hertz counter.
Enterprise Car Rental - On-Site
Tel: 843-669-4868
Toll-Free: 1-800-rent-a-car
Columbia Metropolitan Airport
For the convenience of travelers, the following car rental companies are located in the airport terminal-lower level Baggage Claim area.
Alamo-National Car Rental
Tel: 803-822-5180
Avis Car Rental
Tel: 803-822-5100
Budget Car Rental
Tel: 803-822-8346
Dollar
Tel: 803-217-0270
Enterprise
Tel: 803-739-0073
Hertz Car Rental
Tel: 803-822-8341
Thrifty Car Rental
Tel: 803-822-2300
Area Attractions
The Sumter Opera House is located on North Main Street in the heart of downtown Sumter. The historic Opera House is downtown's center focal point and crown jewel. As a center for the performing arts, the Opera House has several successful monthly programs and special performances throughout the year, ranging from film, dance, theater, concerts, and beyond. The historic Sumter Opera House invites you to be entertained through its diverse and affordable cultural performances.
Swan Lake Iris Gardens
The black waters of Swan Lake form a setting for Iris Gardens. The lake is dotted with colorful islands, wildlife is abundant andit is the only public park in the US to feature all eight swan species. The 150-acre garden also is home to some of the nation's most intensive plantings of Japanese iris, which bloom yearly from mid to late May through the beginning of June.
Sumter County Museum
The Sumter County Museum is a private non-profit institution whose mission is to promote the history of Old Sumter District through the preservation and exhibition of objects, manuscripts, and documents, which relate the story of this area of South Carolina. The museum campus includes the Williams-Brice House (1916), the Heritage Education Center (2003) and the Carolina Backcountry Homestead.
O’Donnell House
The O'Donnell House in Sumter, South Carolina, also known as Haynsworth-Bogin-O'Donnell House or as Shelley-Brunson Funeral Home, was built in 1840. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Southeast/Gulf Coast Regional HPSN 2012 Host Location:
Central Carolina Technical College, Health Sciences Center
133 S Main St.
Sumter, SC 29150
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