FLINT–Mott Community College partnered with Hurley Medical Center and Michigan State University on a new initiative that brought medical students and residents to campus for hands-on simulation training.
On August 21, 2026, Hurley Hospital medical residents visited MCC’s Kalanquin Health Science Lab for the first of six Friday meetings to practice clinical skills through simulation-based learning activities. Each session will feature different patient scenarios, communication exercises and debriefing discussions designed to strengthen residents’ critical reasoning and clinical communication skills before they encounter similar situations in a live clinical setting. In the coming months, medical students completing their clinical clerkships in Flint will engage in similar simulation-based learning opportunities.
The program is facilitated by medical faculty physicians from Michigan State University and Hurley Medical Center, alongside MCC Simulation Coordinator Dr. Kristel Ray and Health Science Lab Pro-Tech Tamara Dumond-Peterson, a registered nurse.
“Mott Community College is proud to be part of a partnership that brings learners from across the continuum of medical education into our simulation environment,” said Dr. Anar Asman, dean of health and human services at Mott Community College. “By sharing our facilities, expertise and commitment to experiential learning, we are helping create a stronger educational and health care ecosystem in Flint, one that benefits learners, institutions and, ultimately, the community we all serve.
The partnership further demonstrates the common mission to improve and expand health care opportunities across a variety of levels of education and training. I am thrilled to work with MSU and Hurley, my colleagues, Dr. Jennifer Edwards-Johnson as well as Dr. Rachel Hollander and Dr. Gurbaksh Esch, to ensure the highest quality of experiences are available to those who will be caring for our community.”
Dr. Jennifer Edwards-Johnson, Flint community assistant Dean and associate Dean for community academic programs at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, stated: “Flint has an incredible educational landscape, and I’ve been delighted by the opportunity to work with Hurley Medical Center, Mott Community College and Dr. Anar Asman to build upon the educational ecosystem that exists here to support the development and training of medical students and resident physicians. This partnership demonstrates our shared mission to improve and expand health care opportunities in Flint across multiple levels of education and training.”
“This partnership reflects what Mott Community College strives to do: connect our students, faculty and facilities to opportunities that strengthen health care across Flint and the Genesee County area,” said Mott Community College President Shaunda Richardson-Snell. “Working alongside Hurley Medical Center and Michigan State University to train the physicians who can one day care for our community is exactly the kind of collaboration that makes our educational ecosystem stronger for everyone.”
Beyond the hands-on training, MCC will collaborate with Hurley Medical Center and Michigan State University on research examining how the simulation-based learning intervention affects residents’ communication skills over time.
For more information about MCC’s health science programs or the Kalanquin Health Science Lab, visit mcc.edu.
