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Professional Development
Professional development for healthcare simulation educators, nursing simulation technicians, medical simulation program administrators and more.
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Leighton et al’s Evaluating Healthcare Simulation Tools Now Available Exclusively on HealthySimulation.com
The Evaluating Healthcare Simulation website was organized by Kim Leighton, PhD, RN, CHSOS, CHSE-A, FSSH, ANEF, FAAN to provide healthcare…
UPMC’s WISER Sim Program Develops Healthcare Simulation Professionals
The Winter Institute for Simulation Education and Research (WISER) is a world-class multidisciplinary healthcare simulation training and research facility from…
How to Frame Undergraduate Clinical Simulation as a Positive Experience
Undergraduate clinical simulation-based educational experiences are incredibly important for any future healthcare worker. The vast majority of healthcare educational institutes…
How to Use Non-Verbal and Body Language Cues in Clinical Simulation Debrief
Over 80% of communication comes from body language, which should be an especially helpful insight for clinical simulation educators. There…
Boosting Healthcare Simulation Outcomes Through Attention to Detail
In observing a medical simulation, what is seen differs depending on the person watching. To a healthcare simulationist, a medical…
How to Make a Healthcare Simulation Program Successful in 2024
Once staff returns from their holiday break, the new year period can be an impactful time to harness energy to…
Get Back to The Basics of Clinical Simulation
As healthcare simulation educators, there is often pressure to deliver complex clinical simulations with entire teams more regularly than can…
2023’s AI Recap for Medical Simulation
2023 was the year of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, which has and will continue to impact every single industry in…
Using Virtual Reality to Orient Learners to Healthcare Simulation
Virtual healthcare simulation is a powerful tool to educate and train future healthcare professionals to integrate into clinical practice. One…
Revolutionizing Healthcare Simulation: ChatGPT’s Impact and Implications
The advent of Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, LLama 2, Bard, Aleph Alpha, and Claude, has brought cutting-edge…
How to Start a Healthcare Simulation Program in a Small or Rural Hospital
Clinical simulation is an incredibly efficient, well-liked, and successful learning modality for healthcare workers. In small towns, rural, and semi-rural…
How to Choose What Debrief Question to Ask in Healthcare Simulation
One of the most complex parts of the role of clinical simulation debriefer is the choice of what question to…