Pikes Peak State College — Center for Healthcare Education and Simulation

The Center for Healthcare Education and Simulation—usually shortened to CHES—is at 1850 Cypress Semi Drive in the north of Colorado Springs. It is not a general-purpose campus: it houses the Health Sciences division and gives students a controlled place to practice care scenarios before clinical placements. The college describes simulation rooms supported by trained staff and standardized patients, bringing the work of hospitals, clinics and emergency response into structured instruction.

Programs associated with Health Sciences include nursing, emergency medical services, medical assisting, surgical technology and other patient-care fields. The specific admission path matters: several health programs have prerequisites, separate application steps and limited cohorts, so a student may need to finish general education or placement work at another campus before beginning the clinical sequence at CHES. Ask the program which classes and clinical partners are part of the current plan.

The parking constraint is unusually important here. PPSC says spaces at CHES are very limited and recommends taking Mountain Metro Route 40 or leaving a vehicle at Rampart Range and carpooling. Students can use the Mountain Metro system with their college ID. The official location page also provides a campus map for the simulation center; verify the room and route on the day of class because clinical and lab schedules can differ from general campus hours.

Comments associated with the exact health-sciences listing speak positively about learning for medical and service careers and the demands of nursing study; another recent visitor describes parking as difficult. That concern matches the college’s own directions and should be part of the commute plan. The photo here shows clinical training equipment rather than a generic institutional image, so readers can see the kind of practice environment connected with this address.