The Center for Experiential and Applied Learning (CEAL) brings together a variety of resources at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the Innovation Quarter to create a center for shared learning among professionals. Clinical practitioners become competent in new procedures and develop ways to verify and assess levels of competency.
Center for Experiential and Applied Learning (CEAL)
The Wake Forest Center for Experiential and Applied Learning supports hands-on immersive learning for practicing clinical professionals and for students in training.
CEAL Programs and Services
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Wake Forest Affiliated Learners
Discover CEAL Services and Course Offerings for Wake Forest Learner Groups.
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Non-Wake Forest Affiliated Learners
Discover CEAL Services and Course Offerings for non-Wake Forest Learner Groups.
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About Us
The Center for Experiential and Applied Learning (CEAL) encompasses multiple locations, state-of-the-art facilities and specialized education and assessment services for learners in all stages of their careers.
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Whole Body Donation
Through the gift of whole body donation, you can leave a legacy that will help students and health care providers improve care of patients both now and in the future.
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Standardized Patients
Learn more about the CEAL Standardized Patient program and apply to become a patient actor.
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CEAL Professional Development
Design experiential learning activities for your teaching and training portfolio.
CEAL Educational Partnerships
As a regional and national core training facility, CEAL provides
- Shared learning laboratories
- Instructional equipment
- Hands-on training resources
- Curriculum development services required to advance clinical care capacities and improve patient care outcomes.
This includes a focused mission on measured improvements in patient care.
Our goal is to engage health care practitioners in active hands-on learning that fosters medical competency and confidence. We believe knowledge that is best applied in clinical practice enables verified learning for practice.
We share and partner with pre-eminent professional medical societies, government agencies and industry to provide the optimal resources to advance applied learning and competency assessment
CEAL News and Updates
On October 23, students from all Stokes County high schools used the West Stokes gym for some out of the ordinary purposes: delivering babies, doing CPR, performing ultrasounds and more.
On October 19, a delegation of emergency medicine physicians from Ukraine visited Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. They spent the day learning and sharing best practices in trauma medicine and building professional relationships.
35.5% of high school students in North Carolina use vapes, that’s more than the total nationally.
After several years away, the Wake Forest University School of Medicine brought their Rolling Bones curriculum back to East Forsyth High School for a deeper look at the medical profession on Monday morning.
The Center for Experiential and Applied Learning (CEAL) celebrates its anniversary and Jerry Clark and Chris Davis win educator of the year awards.
Congratulations to Troyanne McMillan, RN, for becoming the first person at Wake Forest University School of Medicine to achieve Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) as designated by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.
In April 2021, Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, FACR, FAIMBE, FAIUM, FASA, was awarded the Carmine M. Valente Distinguished Service Award given by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM).
Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s Center for Experiential and Applied Learning (CEAL), part of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, received full accreditation for our institutional simulation center from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) with recognition in the areas of teaching and learning. CEAL also received accreditation from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) as a comprehensive accredited education institute (AEI).
The Center for Experiential and Applied Learning (CEAL) provides advanced medical school teaching facilities to improve clinical education for students and providers.