Our Mission, Vision, and Core Values

Mission: The Duke HSPSC exists to improve the safety and efficiency of healthcare locally, nationally, and internationally through the innovative use of technology and simulation.

Vision:  We will be recognized globally as a transformative force in healthcare simulation which, through a relentless pursuit of innovation, will directly contribute to improving health around the world.

Our Core Values:

  • Innovation: We are discoverers, inventors and pioneers who passionately create new solutions and redefine existing ones to sharpen the edge of medical simulation.
  • Excellence: We will pursue excellence in everything we do through hard work, determination, and by contributing to a positive working environment.
  • Professionalism: We will conduct ourselves as professionals at all times by demonstrating respect for all, self-accountability for responsibilities, continuous growth, reliability, and discipline.
  • Teamwork: We are members of a dedicated, cohesive and high-performance team who share the responsibility for the lab’s success by combining individual talents, sharing knowledge, and supporting each other.
  • Integrity: Our lab is built upon a bedrock of trust, honesty, and truthfulness.
  • Collaboration: We value interdependence and proactively cultivate strong, collaborative relationships across the health system and broader community to achieve shared goals and advance our collective mission.