CAN-Sim is excited to announce a new collaboration with Innov2Learn. The Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators Using Simulation or CAN-Sim is a collaboration of nurse educators for excellence in healthcare simulation education and research. Connection of nurse educators and allied health professionals from across Canada and beyond internationally to share their knowledge, resources, and expertise in areas of clinical simulation, which also includes research and education. HealthySimulation.com is a proud media partner of CAN-Sim. This HealthySimulation.com article will highlight the collaboration of Innov2Learn and CAN-Sim and CAN-Sim 2025 events.
Collaboration of Innov2Learn and CAN-Sim
Marian Luctkar-Flude, Co-President CAN-Sim, and Mike Boutin, CEO Innov2Learn, announced their collaboration at the recent SimExpo conference held in Banff, Alberta, in November 2024. Innov2Learn is a new sponsor and collaborator with CAN-Sim.
Benefits to CAN-Sim Members
Innov2Learn will sponsor a new CAN-Sim research grant for $2500 to be added to the CAN-Sim Research and Innovation Grants program. CAN-Sim members are encouraged to apply for this grant. Grant proposals are due June 30, 2025, and recipients will be announced Aug 31, 2025.
Another key component of this collaboration is that CAN-Sim will create a written clinical scenario and a virtual simulation that incorporates the use of several Innov2Learn simulated medical devices: the thermometer, glucometer, and pulse oximeter. The simulations will feature a deteriorating patient scenario and will be available in both English and French on both the Innov2Learn and CAN-Sim websites. The new simulations will be showcased at the upcoming CAN-Sim Conference. to be held May 3-5, 2025, at BCIT in Burnaby, B.C.
CAN-Sim Co-Presidents are Marian Luctkar-Flude, RN, PhD, CCSNE, FCNEI, and Jane Tyerman, RN, PhD, CCSNE. In addition to their roles as Co-presidents, Dr. Luctkar-Flude is a Director and Research Lead, and Dr. Tyerman is Director and Educational Lead. Lillian Chumbley, MA, is an eLearning professional and instructional designer, the third Director of CAN-Sim, and the Lead for Technology. All three of these professionals are the co-founders of CAN-Sim.
“CAN-Sim 2025 is all about networking. CAN-Sim is an international virtual community of nurse educators collaborating to create and evaluate simulation-based educational resources for nursing education. Our conference will be an opportunity for our community to connect in person and share our innovations and research.”
“A CAN-Sim membership is the best bang for your buck…only $75 (Canadian) gives you access to over 100 clinical simulations and over 250 virtual simulations at no cost to your students. We also offer webinars, a monthly newsletter, research grants, and opportunities for research collaborations and mentorship.”
Innov2learn Provides Cutting Edge Simulated Medical Device Technologies
Innov2Learn brings nursing simulations to life with seven user-friendly and highly realistic simulated medical devices. Our cutting-edge products are designed specifically for Standardized/Embedded Patients (SPs/actors) and low to high-fidelity manikins. Innov2Learn aims to enable more advanced, realistic, and immersive training experiences.
- Glucometer: Gluco III and Gluco III+ Gluco-Mini
- Thermometer: Thermo and Thermo+ Forehead-T Rectal Probe Thermo Simulator SYHM
- Oximeter
- CO2 Detector
- SpotV
- SP Probe Trigger
CAN-Sim Conference 2025
The Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators Using SImulation (CAN-Sim) 2025 conference will occur May 4 – 6, 2025, at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. In alignment with CAN-Sim’s vision of excellence in simulation education and research through networking, the 2025 CAN-Sim Conference theme is “Empowering Nursing Simulation Educators Through Collaboration, Innovation, Scholarship and Mentorship.” The conference program will address the learning needs of nursing simulation educators from novice to expert, from academic, hospital and community-based settings, the use of any clinical simulation modality with a range from low-fidelity to high-fidelity and includes simulated patient simulation, virtual simulation, and virtual/augmented reality simulation.
CAN-Sim Mission and Vision
The CAN-Sim vision is “Excellence in simulation education and research through networking.” The CAN-Sim mission is “Connecting nurse educators and allied health partners from across Canada and beyond to share knowledge, resources, and expertise in areas of simulation education and research.”
The strategic priorities of CAN-Sim are in alignment with their mission and vision. CAN-Sim has identified these strategic priorities:
- To support the collaboration between nurse educators in healthcare simulation design and integration in the context of nursing and interdisciplinary teams
- To enhance expertise in evidence-based healthcare simulation teaching and learning through professional development and mentorship
- To enhance clinical simulation-based learning through the sharing of scenarios and resources between members
- To implement strategies that promote the development, application, and dissemination of healthcare simulation research
- To support a continuum of research activities to assist and sustain research among nursing and related healthcare educators
More About CAN-Sim
Membership in CAN-Sim provides a number of great opportunities to be able to network and share resources with nurse educators and allied health professionals who use clinical simulation not only across Canada but also internationally. CAN-Sim members benefit from a high number of network opportunities and also the ability to share resources with other simulation nurse educators from all over Canada and at an international reach. CAN-Sim has a variety of membership options to meet potential members’ needs.
CAN-Sim has over 250 virtual simulation games currently available, and more are in development. There is also access to over 100 healthcare simulation scenarios, recorded webinars and a large amount of research and resources. A CAN-Sim membership benefits individuals and also organizations in many ways.
There are a number of membership options available to join CAN-Sim. A full membership includes access to all resources, including clinical simulations, virtual simulations, recorded webinars, professional development modules, an active Research Interest Group and Graduate Student Research Interest Group, and research grants for nurse-led simulation research. With paid memberships, members will receive these benefits:
- Monthly CAN-Sim newsletter
- Access to all virtual simulation games
- Access to all healthcare simulation scenarios
- Network capabilities with access to membership directory
- Research mentorship and collaborations
- Exclusive research grant opportunities and awards
- Free registration to CAN-Sim webinars
- Access to the CAN-Sim webinar library
- Discount of 15% on all CAN-Sim workshops
- Membership certificates
