The CEC mission is to prepare future and practicing health care providers in medicine, nursing and rehabilitation therapy to meet the health care challenges of an increasingly diverse society.

To uphold our mission, the Centre:

• provides a realistic, supportive learning environment for the acquisition and continued development of interactive and psychomotor skills, through the simulation of hospital and community-based clinical settings
• reinforces interdisciplinary collaboration in providing effective health care
• strengthens community involvement in health sciences education through participation of North Dakota residents
• supports research, development, and dissemination of innovative health sciences educational approaches and methods