03/27/2026
UT Tyler is raising the bar in healthcare training with its new Helicopter Critical Care Transport Simulation Center — the only program of its kind in the country training both nurses and paramedics, and just the second medical flight program nationwide with a clinical flight simulator.
This is the kind of innovation teaching hospitals bring to workforce development: hands-on, high-impact training that prepares clinicians for the realities of critical care in the air and helps strengthen access to care across Texas, including rural communities.
Read more about how UT Tyler is preparing the next generation of critical care transport professionals: https://thotonline.org/the-university-of-texas-tyler-health-science-center-opens-new-simulation-center-to-train-critical-care-transport-nurses-and-paramedics/