Healthcare Training Hub

The Healthcare Training Hub@SVHEC offers many options for a wide range of healthcare careers. Housed in the SVHEC, the Healthcare Training Hub (formerly named the Center of Nursing Excellence) is a regional education center for southern Virginia that gives students access to advanced facilities and equipment, for careers including nursing, medical assisting, and emergency medicine technician. Our training resources include:

  • High-tech simulation lab with medical equipment, supplies and high-fidelity manikins (human-shaped models used for clinical or surgical scenarios)
  • Debriefing area equipped with video and audio playback of conducted simulations
  • State-of-the-art classroom
  • Five-bed skills lab replicating a hospital setting

Through advanced simulation technology, the Healthcare Training Hub offers students the ability to acquire hands-on experiences and critical thinking skills in a safe environment. Financial aid is available.

Academic Programs from Healthcare Training Hub Educational Partners

SVHEC offers the opportunity to earn certificates, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees through our educational partners.

Certificate, Associate Degree and Bachelor’s Degree Programs
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (Danville Community College)
Emergency Medical Technician (Danville Community College)
Nursing Assistant and Medication Aide Courses (Danville Community College)
Practical Nursing (Southside Virginia Community College)
Nursing, Associate of Applied Science (Southside Virginia Community College)
RN to BSN (Old Dominion University)

Master’s of Science Nursing (Old Dominion University)
MSN: Adult Gerontology
MSN: Family Nurse Practitioner
MSN: Midwifery

Doctorate of Nursing Practice (Old Dominion University)
DNP: Nursing Advanced Practice 
DNP: Nursing Nurse Executive 

SVHEC also offers CPR & First Aid Certifications. Click here for details.

For questions or to get started, contact g or (434) 572-5443.

“I knew I wanted a career with lots of opportunities, flexibility, and job security and that would keep me ‘thinking and on my feet.’ I found nursing to be an excellent option.”

–Miles Thomas, SVCC 2018 RN program graduate